Vivekanand Jha

About Professor Vivekanand Jha

Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, India

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Professor Jha is Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, Chair of Global Kidney Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, and the past President of the International Society of Nephrology.

He has wide-ranging research interests, including understanding the health and societal impact of kidney diseases around the world and the development of affordable, scalable and sustainable primary and secondary prevention tools. 

He has worked with many organisations including the WHO to develop clinical practice guidelines and advocacy papers, has lectured extensively around the world, and is a prolific writer and editor.

Publications

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Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Nature Communications Date published:

Building Interventional Nephrology Skills in India: A Decade-Long Journey by the AVATAR Foundation

Kidney International Reports Date published:

International prevalence patterns of low eGFR in adults aged 18-60 without traditional risk factors from a population-based cross-sectional disadvantaged populations eGFR epidemiology (DEGREE) study

Kidney International Date published:

Systematic Scoping Review of Socioeconomic Burden and Associated Psychosocial Impact in Patients With Rare Kidney Diseases and Their Caregivers

Kidney International Reports Date published:

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