The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded funding to the Public Health Foundation of India and the University of Leicester to establish a Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTCs). MLTCs are commonly defined as the co-existence of two or more long term conditions, each of which is a long-term physical (e.g., diabetes), mental (e.g., depression) or infectious disease (hepatitis C). According to recent community surveys from India, the prevalence of MLTCs ranges from 9.4% to 65%.
Despite its growing burden, MLTCs have received minimal recognition from healthcare providers and policymakers. Health systems are still focused on individual disease management rather than having an integrated care model, resulting in the delivery of fragmented and inefficient care. The Centre aims to address some of these issues via co-designing, implementing and evaluating a patient-centred health system intervention comprising of decision support system, assisted telemedicine and patient facing application. The PhD related research/field work will be based in India/Nepal. The aim of PhD is to research/discover enhanced ways to decrease suffering and improve the lives of people with MLTCs in India/ Nepal by providing pathways or solutions for delivering better care.
Key Partner institutions:
- University of Leicester, UK (co-lead)
- Public Health Foundation of India, India (co-lead)
- Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal (collaborator)
- HRIDAY, India (collaborator)
- AIIMS Jodhpur, India (collaborator)
Contact:
Dr Shabana Cassambai, sc833@leicester.ac.uk.
