Anil Krishnan, PhD
Director, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, Africa
Biography
Professor Anil Kumar Indira Krishnan is a distinguished public health expert with over 20 years of experience in health systems strengthening, health financing, and nutrition policy across Asia and Africa. He holds a PhD in Public Health with a specialization in Health Economics from Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, India.
His work has focused on universal health coverage, primary healthcare, maternal and child health, and non-communicable disease management, with significant policy impact in countries such as Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, Chad, and Guinea. He has held prominent leadership roles, including Director of Global Health at the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, and Technical Lead for Health Systems at Help Age International in Myanmar.
Prof. Anil has collaborated with global organizations like UNICEF, USAID, GIZ, Gates Ventures, and the World Health Organization. He is known for fostering cross-cultural leadership, capacity building, and innovative health solutions. Prof. Anil continues to influence global health policy through his active roles in advisory boards, steering committees, and international health forums.
Publications
1. Alemayehu Amberbir, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Ernest Tambo, Felix Sayinzoga, Amelia VanderZanden, Anil Kumar IK, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Agnes Binagwaho, Subnational equity in the delivery of primary health care interventions during health shocks: lessons learned from an implementation research study in Rwanda, Under print.
2. Ernest Tambo, Chidiebere E. Ugwu, Amberbir Alemayehu , Anil Kumar IK & Agnes Binagwaho. Evidence-based universal health coverage interventions delivery in infectious disease of poverty elimination and eradication. Editorial, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, January 2024.
3. Hla Hla Win1, Aye Sandar Mon, Win Pa Sandar, Martin Rusnak, Poppy Walton, Anil Kumar IK, Khin Hnin Swe, Jaap J. A. R. Koot. Differential of physical activities and its association with hypertension and diabetes in Myanmar, International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, May 2023.
4. Anitha Kumari K R, Anil Kumar I K, Association of Substance Abuse and Tuberculosis among Tribes: Study in Three Tribal Settings of Kerala, India, Medical Research Archives, European Society of Medicine, 2023.
5. Anil Kumar I K, Claire Stein, Parvathy N, Rajeev Mohan, Need for Evidence Based Mental Health Policy in Myanmar: Experience from Southeast Asian Countries. Journal of Educational & Psychological Research, Volume 4| Issue 3 | October 2022.
6. Anil Kumar IK, Claire Stein, Tint Swe Latt, Rajeev Mohan, Aye San Mon, Risk Factors among Persons with Pre-Diabetes and Untreated Diabetes in Myanmar and Increased Burden for Non-Communicable Diseases, J Environ Sci Public Health 2022;6(2)
7. Sajini B. Nair, Anil Kumar I K, Beena Thomas Knowledge about tuberculosis among tribal population in Kerala in the backdrop of TB elimination goal by 2025, Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, March 2022.
8. Beena E. Thomas, D Kannan Thiruvengadam, Chandrasekaran Vedhachalam, Srividya A, V. G. Rao, Paluru Vijayachari, Yadav Rajiv, Raghavi V, Avi Kumar Bansal, Anil Kumar I K, Alex Joseph, Anil Purty J, Tahziba Hussain,Praveen Anand, Pradeep Das, K. R. John, Rekha Devi K, Sunish P, Azhagendran S, Azger Dusthakeer, Bhat J, Vineet K. Chadha, Toteja G. S,Dasarathy Raghunath, Madhuchhanda Das, A. M. Khan, Hapreet Kaur. Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among the tribal populations in India, PLOS July 2021.
9. Beena E. Thomas, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Raghavi S., Sudha Rani, Vetrivel S., Vikas Gangadhar Rao, Rajiv Yadav, Bhat J.I Vijayachari Paluru, Anil Jacob Purthy,Tahziba Hussain, Anil Kumar I K, Alex JosephI Avi Kumar Bansal, Praveen Anand, Pradeep Das, K. R. John, Rekha Devi K., Sunish P., Rony Moral, Azhagendran S., Chandrasekaran V., Toteja G. S., Madhuchhanda Das, A. M. Khan, Harpreet Kaur.
Understanding health care-seeking behaviour of the tribal population in India among those with presumptive TB symptoms.
10. Anil Kumar IK, J Alex Prevalence of tuberculosis among tribes aged 15 and above in Tamil Nadu. A community based cross-sectional study, Indian Journal of Tuberculosis; July 2020.
11. Anil Kumar IK, J Alex, The tribal community’s perception on tuberculosis: A community based qualitative study in Tamil Nadu, India: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol.8, issue 10, 2019.
12. Anil Kumar IK, Mini GK, Aravind, Evidence based interventions and implementation gaps in control of tuberculosis: A systematic review in low and middle-income countries with special focus on India, Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, (66) 2019.
13. Ajitha K, Anil Kumar IK Progressive disability in elderly population among tribals of Telangana: a cross sectional study, 2017, International Journal for Equity in Health.
14. K Myra, Anil Kumar IK Perceptions of Antenatal Women, Husband and Health Service Providers on Husband being Birth Companion during Childbirth: A Qualitative Study, Public Health Open Access, 2017, 1(1): 000101.
15. S Lama Anil Kumar IK Barriers in Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services: Perceptions of Rural Women in Eastern Nepal, Kathmandu University Medical Journal Vol. 12 NO. 4 ISSUE 48, 2015.
16. Ajoke. A Anil Kumar IK Health equity for internal migrant labourers in India: an ethical perspective, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol 11, No 4 (2014).
17. Ajoke. A Anil Kumar IK Vulnerability profile of migrant construction workers to HIV/AIDS in an urban area in south India – a cross sectional study, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 17, Issue 4 (Nov. - Dec. 2013).
18. Gopichandran V, Anil Kumar IK Monitoring ‘monitoring’ and Evaluating ‘evaluation’: An Ethical Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation in Public Health, Journal of Medical Ethics (British Medical Journal Group), October 2012.
19. Anil Kumar IK, Lakshmi T “Utilization of the public health facilities by the aged in India”- Aging and Society, 2007.
20. Anil Kumar IK, District Atlas of Women and Children in Kerala, Published by UNICEF in July 2001