The results from our cross-sectional survey drawn from #MentalHealth facilities in #Bangladesh, #India & #Pakistan identifies significant gaps in detection, prevention, treatment of non-communicable diseases in people with severe mental illnesses:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/prevalence-of-physical-health-conditions-and-health-risk-behaviours-in-people-with-severe-mental-illness-in-south-asia-multicountry-crosssectional-survey/793439A315E2AF13A2FA5CC33042B7BB

Video summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0a-NA2-iA

Personally: Having worked on the underlying funding & infrastructure since 2015, I am so grateful to the international team & participants that we made it! 🥳

#GlobalMentalHealth #NCDs

#Introduction
I’m a research associate at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore #NUS. I study the #globalhealth, #healthsystems, and #healthpolicy landscapes focusing on #governance, #publicpolicy, & #publichealth in the context of non-communicable diseases #NCDs & #COVID19.
Formerly Singapore General Hospital, INSEAD Asia Campus, Ministry of Health, Health Promotion Board, and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, #NUS.

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