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Tara Ballav Adhikari is a public health researcher working at the intersection of global health, planetary health, and noncommunicable disease control. Her work focuses on chronic respiratory diseases, environmental exposures related to climate change, and health system approaches that strengthen prevention, early detection, and continuity of noncommunicable disease care in diverse settings. Tara holds a PhD in Public Health from Aarhus University and contributes to chronic respiratory disease work at the World Health Organization Headquarters. Her research integrates implementation science and health system strengthening to generate evidence that supports equitable access, system resilience, and policy uptake. Tara's interests include studying how primary health care and community-based systems can improve early detection, prevention, and continuity of care for noncommunicable diseases in both high-income and low-resource settings. She applies mixed methods in implementation research, behavioral science, and environmental epidemiology, aiming to create evidence that informs both national and global health policy. Additionally, her teaching portfolio includes courses in global health, climate change and health, and public health medicine, where she also supervises bachelor, master, and PhD students.
World Health Organization • Geneva, Switzerland
Supporting technical work for chronic respiratory diseases, including development materials for primary care.
Danish Big Data Center Environment Health • Aarhus, Denmark
Overseeing scientific activities and collaborations.
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