Dilip TR, PhD
Professor, International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai, India
Biography
Dr. T R Dilip has nearly 20 years of experience in researching and global monitoring of maternal, child and adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries. Dilip works as an Associate Professor, Department of Family and Generations, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. He has the experience of serving World Health Organization, Public Health Foundation of India, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and CEHAT, Mumbai.
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He has expertise in implementing the WHO’s Global Survey for monitoring Implementation of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR), Global Implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Global Adult Tobacco Survey, and WHO-STEPS. Dr Dilip’s ongoing research projects related to population and health related issues are funded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR-FORTE Grant), and World Cancer Research Fund.
Publications
1. Sharma, P., Dilip, T.R., Kulkarni, A. and Bhandarkar, P., 2024. Age and sex dynamics in the incidence of diabetes in Contributory Health Services Scheme beneficiaries: A retrospective cohort study in Mumbai. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 9(1), pp.13-20.
2. Sharma, P., Dilip, T.R., Mishra, U.S. and Kulkarni, A., 2023. The lifetime risk of developing type II diabetes in an urban community in Mumbai: findings from a ten-year retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), p.1673.
3. Nagargoje, V., Dilip, T.R., Prasad, J. and James, K.S., 2024. Role of Family Structure in the Pattern of Intergenerational Monetary Transfers in India: A Parental Gender-Based Perspective. Global Social Welfare, pp.1-13.
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4. Sharma, P., Dilip, T.R., Kulkarni, A., Mishra, U.S. and Shejul, Y., 2024. Risk of diabetes and expected years in life without diabetes among adults from an urban community in India: findings from a retrospective cohort. BMC Public Health, 24(1), p.1048.
5. Pandey, M. and Dilip, T.R., 2023. Health Insurance as a Tool for Selecting Private Hospitalization and Mitigating Financial Burden in India: An Analysis of National Sample Survey Data. Global Social Welfare, pp.1-13.
6. Singh, P. and Dilip, T.R., 2022. Patient compliance, comorbidities, and challenges in the management of hypertension in India. International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 7(4), pp.183-191.
7. Dilip TR. Pratheeba N and Nandraj S. “India’s Government Health Expenditure as the Ratio to GDP: Is It a Fallacy?” Economic and Political Weekly 48 (27): 21-25 (2021).
8. Dilip TR. Devadasan N and Nandraj S. “Utilisation of Public Healthcare Facilities – Have They Improved?” Economic and Political Weekly 38 (18): 62-64 (2021).
9. Aftab, F., Ahmed, I., Ahmed, S., Ali, S. M., Amenga-Etego, S., Ariff, S., ... & Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) maternal morbidity study group. (2021). Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries. PLoS medicine, 18(6), e1003644.
10. Ali M, Farron M, Dilip TR, Folz R. “Assessment of Family Planning Service Availability and Readiness in 10 African Countries ".Global Health: Science and Practice September, (2018).
11. Kutty V R, Dilip T R, Archana A R, Gopinathan S, Ramanathan M. “Shifting pattern of diabetes among the elderly in India: Evidence from the national sample survey organization's data, 2004–2014". Int J Non-Commun Dis;3:67-74. (2018).
12. Boschi-Pinto C, Labadie G, Dilip TR, Oliphant N et al “Global implementation survey of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) – twenty years on” ."; BMJ Open 8(7): e019079. (2018).
13. Dilip, T.R. and Nandraj S. “National Health Accounts Estimates: The More the Things Change, the More They Remain the Same” Economic and Political Weekly 52 (23): 20-23 (2017).
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14. Perry WRG, Bagheri Nejad S, Tuomisto K, Kara N, Roos N, Dilip TR, Hirschhorn LR, Larizgoitia I, Semrau K, Mathai M, Dhingra-Kumar N “Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: lessons from a global collaboration” BMJ Glob Health 2(3): e000241 (2017).
Boschi-Pinto C, Dilip TR and Costello A “Association between community management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in high-burden countries and the decline in under-five mortality rates: an ecological analysis BMJ Open 7(2): e012639 (2017).
15. Bandali S, Thomas C, Hukin E, Matthews Z, Mathai M, Dilip TR, Roos S, et al.. “Maternal Death Surveillance and Response Systems in driving accountability and influencing change” Int J Gynaecol Obstet. Dec;135(3):365-371, (2016).
16. Mathai M, Dilip TR. Jawad I and Yoshida S . “Strengthening accountability to end preventable maternal deaths”, Int J Gynecol Obstet Oct;131 Suppl 1:S3-5. (2015).
17. Co-author for the WHO report on Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) global survey report Geneva: World Health Organization (2017).
18. Co-author for the WHO report on Time to respond: a report on the global implementation of maternal death surveillance and response (MDSR), Geneva: World Health Organization (2016).
19. Channon AA, Andrade MV, Noronha K, Leone T, Dilip TR: “Inpatient care of the elderly in Brazil and India: Assessing social inequalities. Soc Sci Med 75(12): 2394-2402 (2012).
20. Dilip T.R. “Utilization of Inpatient Care from Private Hospitals: Trends Emerging from Kerala, India” Health Policy and Planning 25: 437-446 (2010).
21. Dilip, T. R. and R Duggal “Unmet Need for Public Health Care Services in Mumbai, India” Asia Pacific Population Journal 19(2): 27-40 (2004).
22. Dilip, TR. “Under Standing Levels of Morbidity and Hospitalisation in Kerala, India” Bulletin of World Health Organisation 80(9): 746-751(2002).
23. Ramanathan, M., Dilip TR and Padmadas SS “Quality of Care in Laparoscopic Sterilisation Camps: Some Observations from Kerala, India”, Reproductive Health Matters, 6: 84-93 (1995).
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