Reports, Journals and Conferences

HMF prepares individual project reports which are submitted annually to respective donors and agencies.
HMF’s work has been presented at over 25 conferences throughout the world. These presentations have covered the Village Health Worker model, sustainable farming efforts, Self Help Groups and women empowerment programs, pregnancy and religious fasting, HIV transmission during pregnancy, domestic violence prevention and counseling center, prevention of domestic violence through the engagement of men and many more.

Published journal papers/reports are outlined below. Some of these projects were supported by HMF, and in some cases HMF current/former staff members were involved at the time of manuscript preparation and publication.

  • Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Tsang S, Khan F, Atre S, Langley T, Kudale A, Bains M.
    A qualitative study exploring factors influencing clinical decision-making for influenza-like illness in Solapur city, Maharashtra, India.
    Anthropology and Medicine 2017.
  • Dave M, Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Arokiasamy P, Uttamacharya, Khobragade P, Mortimer K, Fogarty AW.
    Household air pollution and lung function in Indian adults: a cross sectional study.
    The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2017.
  • Adaji EE, Ahankari AS, Myles PR.
    An investigation to identify potential risk factors associated with common chronic diseases among the older population in India.
    Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2017.
  • Ahankari AS, Bapat S, Myles PR, Fogarty AW, Tata LJ.
    Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India.
    F1000Research 2017.
  • Ahankari AS, Fogarty AW, Tata LJ, Myles PR.
    Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line (BPL) registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS).
    F1000Research 2017.
  • Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Tata LJ, Fogarty AW.
    PCPNDT seems to benefit India’s birth sex ratio.
    BMJ 2016.
  • Laur C, Ball L, Ahankari AS, Avdagovska M, Crowley J, Deen D, Douglas P, Hark L, Kohlmeier M, Luzi L, McCotter L, Martyn K, Nowson C, Wall C, Ray S.
    Proceedings of the inaugural International Summit for Medical Nutrition Education and Research.
    Public Health 2016.
  • Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Tata LJ, Fogarty AW.
    Birth Registry Data: An opportunity to develop the evidence base for Pre-conception Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Legislation Monitoring in India.
    BMJ 2016.
  • Ahankari AS, Dixit JV, Fogarty AW, Tata LJ, Myles PR.
    Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli’s haemometer among adolescent girls in rural India.
    BMJ Innovations 2016.
  • Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Fogarty AW, Dixit JV, Tata LJ.
    Prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia and risk factors in 1010 adolescent girls from rural Maharashtra, India: a cross-sectional survey.
    Public Health 2016.
  • Ahankari AS, Fogarty AW, Tata LJ, Dixit JV, Myles PR.
    Assessment of a non-invasive haemoglobin sensor NBM 200 among pregnant women in rural India.
    BMJ Innovations 2016.
  • Ahankari AS, Myles PR, Tata LJ, Fogarty AW.
    Banning of fetal sex determination and changes in sex ratio in India.
    Lancet Global Health 2015.
  • Marufu T, Ahankari AS, Coleman T, Lewis S.
    Prenatal maternal smoking and stillbirth: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    BMC Public Health 2015.
  • Ahankari AS, Marufu T.
    India’s progress towards 5th Millennium Development Goal: A critical review.
    Indian Journal of Maternal and Child Health 2015;16:1-11.
  • Ahankari AS, Leonardi-Bee J.
    Prenatal maternal hemoglobin levels and birth weight: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 2014.
  • Ahankari AS, Fogarty AW.
    Association of socioeconomic status with sex ratio at live birth in individuals living in the slums of Sholapur city, India.
    International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 2014.
  • Otete H, Ahankari AS, Jones H, Bolton K, Jordan C, et al.
    Parameters for the mathematical modeling of Clostridium difficile: A systematic Review.
    PLoS ONE 2013.
  • Wadgave HV, Jatti GM, Ahankari SV.
    A pilot study of menstrual problems in adolescent girls of slum areas.
    Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 2013;4:253-255.
  • Wadgave HV.
    Knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission among the adolescent girls in slum areas.
    Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2011.
  • Consultation and Commission Report ‘Jana Swasthya Rakshak Yojana of Madhya Pradesh’.
    Available at: http://www.sochara.org/sites/default/files/22.%20JSR%20MP2001.pdf

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