Reforming the regulation of medical education, professionals and practice in India

Vikash Ranjan Keshri^{1

2}, Veena Sriram³, Rama Baru⁴

Affiliations

¹ Injury Division, The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India VKeshri@georgeinstitute.org.in.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Editorial

Vikash Ranjan Keshri et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;5(8):e002765.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002765.

Vikash Ranjan Keshri^{1

2}, Veena Sriram³, Rama Baru⁴

¹ Injury Division, The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India VKeshri@georgeinstitute.org.in.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: health education and promotion; health policy; health services research; health systems; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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