Tuesday, April 28th from 12-1 in MBRB G202
Dr. Abhay Bang is the Director of the Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH), which he started in 1984. He and his wife, Dr. Rani Bang, live and work in Gadchiroli, India where they provide medical care and conduct research in 100 villages. Abhay and SEARCH developed a new approach, ‘Home-based Newborn and Child Care,’ which has significantly reduced the infant mortality rate. This research has been selected as a milestone paper to be included in the Vintage Lancet. He has received the highest honor of the Maharashtra state, a national award from the Indian Council of Medical Research, and has been honored by Save the Children and the MacArthur Foundation. Abhay and Rani were honored by Time magazine as ‘Global Health Heroes’ in 2005
