Anjali Borhade
Assoc Prof Anjali Borhade
Associate ProfessorInstitution: Indian Institute of Public Health - Delhi
Current Institution Location: India
Email: anjali.borhade@iiphd.org
Phone Number: 91 124 4722960
Website: Go to website
Address:
Sector 47, Plot 44, Institutional area, Gurgaon 122002
Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
Anjali is Associate Professor with Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi, India. She has a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Tulane University, USA, as well a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a diploma in Labour Laws and Labour Welfare. Currently she is research fellow under PHFI-UKC Wellcome Trust Capacity Building Programme and pursuing her doctoral research at Nuffield Department of Population Health at University of Oxford, focused on comparative research on health policies for migrant workers in low, middle and high income countries. Her research is aiming to draw transferrable lessons for migrant populations in India. Her areas of interests are; urban health and policies, multidisciplinary research, health systems, and public health governance. Anjali specializes in the areas of program design, evaluation methodologies, operations research, and capacity building and policy advocacy pertaining to initiatives for highly vulnerable migrant populations. Anjali has sixteen years of experience in addressing rural/tribal-urban labour migration, and improving social protection policies including health policies for migrant workers. She has provided technical support to various state governments and to UN agencies like UNIFEM, UNICEF, UNDP and UNESCO for improving programs and policies for migrant workers. Her recent work has focused on addressing health inequities among migrant workers through integrated approach. She is Founder Director of NGO ‘Disha Foundation’ dedicated to work with internal migrants and their rights in India. She convenes a National Coalition of NGOs/Academia’s working on migrants’ rights across India. She is visiting professor at Tulane University, USA.
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Internally displaced persons (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Left-behind migrant families (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Migrant Workers (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
International/Cross-Border Migration
International migrant workers (Children, Adolescents)
Refugees (Children, Adolescents, Adults)
Seasonal farm workers (Children, Adolescents, Adults)
General Research Focus/Expertise
Relevant Publications
Title | Author | Year Published | Link to Publication |
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Addressing needs of seasonal labour migrants in Nasik Maharashta, India | A Borhade | View | |
Health of internal migrants in India: Some reflections on the current situation and way forward | A Borhade | View | |
Migrants (Denied) access to health care in India | A Borhade | View | |
Migration and health: a review of policies and initiatives in low and middle income countries | A Borhade, S Dey, A Tripathi, D Mavalankar, P Webster | View | |
Extended Case Study: A Mixed-Methods, Approach to Understanding Internal Migrant Access to Health Care and Health System’s Response in India | BV Babu, A Borhade, YS Kusuma | ||
Challenges and Solutions of Food Security among Seasonal Migrants: The Case of Seasonal Migration in India | A Borhade, M Zhang | ||
Internal Migration in Contemporary India | A Borhade |
Relevant Projects
Title | Year Published | Region/Country | Role in the Project | Main Outcome | Link to Study Reports and publications |
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Comparative analysis of migration health and decelpment policies: Qualitative study to understand successes and challenges | Asia and the Pacific China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China India Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam |
Principal Investigator | Lessons for policy framework in Indian context | ||
National Taskforce study to understand migrants access to health care and government's response | Asia and the Pacific India |
Principal Investigator | Quantitative and qualitative evidences on migrants access to health in India | ||
Migration and urban governance, a qualitative study | Asia and the Pacific India |
Co-Investigator | Gap analysis in government's service delivery for migrants | ||
Adressing migrants sexual and reproductive health needs - An intervention study | Asia and the Pacific India |
Principal Investigator | Comprehensive intervention framework |