ACTIVE PROJECTS
SRM University, Chennai 
In
2006, Partners established an Association with the SRM
University that provides training opportunities for SRM's
medical and nursing staff both in India and in Boston. Physicians and
nurses are selected to travel to Boston to participate as International
Clinical Observers in their respective disciplines. Partners also send
expert clinical teams to Chennai to assess, plan and help implement recommendations
for new services. The purpose of the Association is to accelerate the
development of international standard clinical services at the SRM hospital
for the benefit of Indian patients. The initial projects have focused
on the development and expansion of emergency and trauma services at the
SRM General Hospital at Kattankulathur, near Chennai.
New Tactics for Controlling Cardiovascular Disease in Developing Countries: India and South Africa
Drawing on lessons learned in control of other complex diseases in resource-poor settings, the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities (DSMHI) is working to advance cardiovascular disease control in both the US and abroad. With support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this work includes model prevention and treatment projects, economic evaluation of intervention strategies, and biosocial research on the determinants of cardiovascular epidemics.
The first step in preventing cardiovascular disease is identifying individuals who are at high risk. With support from the Fogarty Center of the NIH, we are developing a cost-effective cardiovascular risk prediction tool for use in developing countries, by identifying risk factors that are easily measurable in resource-poor settings. The tool will be tested in South Africa and India, two countries facing a growing cardiovascular disease epidemic.
Read more about this project.
For more information or questions regarding current activities in India, please contact India's local representative, Vinay Singhal.
PAST PROJECTS
Fortis Healthcare Ltd.
Fortis Healthcare Ltd. and Partners collaborated for five years to establish and develop the Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Joint activities included surgical team planning and training, quality reviews, and educational seminars. Widely recognized as a groundbreaking advance in hospital design in India, the Mohali facility has continued to grow and earn praise as a leading cardiac and specialty hospital for northern India.