Veena Sriram

Biographic Data

ID1446467
NAMEVeena Sriram
GIVEN NAMESVeena
FAMILY NAMESriram
SIGNATURESRIRAM V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of British Columbia
ORCID0000-0002-7465-5881
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS41
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT25
EDITOR COUNT16
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Public health, public protest

    Open AccessRyan Essex, Trevor Thompson et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

  • Assessing the policy and institutional framework for multisectoral governance and accountability in emergency preparedness and response in Ethiopia

    Open AccessSileshi Demelash, Melkamu Asrat Alava et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Public health emergencies place sustained pressure on health systems, particularly where effective coordination across sectors and levels of governance is required. Although Ethiopia has established policy frameworks and coordination mechanisms aligned with global initiatives, evidence on how these arrangements function in practice remains limited. This study assessed multisector governance for public health emergency preparedness and response, f…

  • Medical specialists in LMICs

    Open AccessGiuliano Russo, Veena Sriram et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Medical specialists are integral to the medical workforce and play a pivotal role in referral systems. However, in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a perception that specialists often fail to align with local health needs, system capacities and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) objectives. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted in 2024 using a best-fit framework to assess the contributions of specialists to h…

  • The intersection of emergency care, human resources and health equity

    Open AccessVeena Sriram, Stephanie M Topp et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    Strengthening systems of emergency healthcare is crucial to achieving global and national health goals. One of the key challenges in improving emergency care systems is the insufficient attention given to human resources for health (HRH) tasked with delivering this care. The intersection of emergency care policy and systems, human resources and health equity is an underdeveloped area of research and practice. In this project, we used HRH framewor…

  • Implementation research can enhance health research systems and reduce dependency on external aid

    Open AccessCatherine Chunda-Liyoka, Catherine Mupela Chunda-Liyoka et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Implementation research is essential for moving research findings into everyday practice. It is intentionally geared towards local ownership and sustainability, and contributes to more effective health policies, improved service delivery, better resource allocation and strengthened health research systems. By engaging with non-specialist researchers who have in-depth understanding of the context in which interventions occur, implementation resear…

  • “Crises are a perpetual restart”—A comparative analysis of maternal and newborn health political prioritization across four fragile and conflict affected settings

    Open AccessMamothena Carol Mothupi, Teresia Macharia et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Fragile settings account for the highest burden of maternal and neonatal mortality in the world. Although policies and strategies for intervention exist, there are gaps on political prioritization of maternal and newborn health (MNH) by key actors to maximize resources and impact of programs. This study offers a comparative analysis of MNH political prioritization across four fragile national and sub-national settings, and recommendations for imp…

  • Capacity and crisis

    Open AccessVeena Sriram, Girija Vaidyanathan et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2025

    The capacity of government agencies to develop effective policy responses to external shocks is an important area of focus for health policy processes, as illustrated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, few empirical studies exploring the subnational capacity of governments and the influence of institutional, organizational and political factors in shaping the policy response to complex emergencies have been conducted. The purpose of…

  • RollBackRTH

    Open AccessSimran Pachar, Veena Sriram et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2025

    The role and influence of interest groups in the healthcare sector, such as the hospital industry, insurers or physicians, are critical aspects of understanding health politics. Yet, scholarship examining the interests and actions of these actors has been surprisingly limited in health politics scholarship on Global South contexts. In India, national- and sub-national health sector reform debates have gained traction. The country's vast, underreg…

  • "Testing "the science

    Open AccessKatherine Fierlbeck, Lara Gautier et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 21

  • Protest and trainees in the health professions

    Open AccessVeena Sriram, R Essex et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 39

  • Patterns, clusters, and transitions in U.S. state ENDS policy implementation

    Open AccessCallie Zaborenko, M Vuolo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as e-cigarettes, have become increasingly used across the world. To respond to global public health challenges associated with vaping, governments have implemented numerous ENDS policies. This research highlights the patterns, clustering, and transitions in U.S. state ENDS policy implementation from 2010 to 2020. Policy data for tobacco and ENDS policies primarily from the Americans for Nonsmokers…

  • The cascading impacts of attacks on health in Syria

    Open AccessRohini J Haar, Diana Rayes et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Syria has experienced over a decade of armed conflict, characterized by targeted violence against healthcare. The impacts of these attacks have resulted in both direct and indirect attacks on health and reverberating effects on local communities. This study aims to explore the perspectives of health workers based in northern Syria who have experienced such attacks on health to understand the impacts on the health system as well as communities ser…

  • A comparative analysis of Covid-19 physical distancing policies in South Africa and Uganda

    Open AccessSana Mohammad, Emma Apatu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    COVID-19 responses internationally have depended on physical distancing policies to manage virus transmission, given the initial absence of treatments and limitations on vaccine availability. Different jurisdictions have different contexts affecting their responses such as past epidemic experience, ratings of epidemic preparedness, and income level. COVID-19 responses in African countries have not been well-studied. A qualitative multiple embedde…

  • The commercial promotion of electronic cigarettes on social media and its influence on positive perceptions of vaping and vaping behaviours in Anglophone countries

    Open AccessL Chacon, Gemma Mitchell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There is ongoing scientific and policy debate about the role e-cigarettes play in tobacco control, with concerns centring around unknown long-term effects, and the potential industry co-option of harm reduction efforts, including marketing to youths. There is substantial evidence of the influence of conventional cigarette promotion on smoking behaviours in Anglophone countries, and the popularity of social networking sites, as well as the lack of…

  • Who is absent and why? Factors affecting doctor absenteeism in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMir Raihanul Islam, Blake Angell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Absenteeism by doctors in public healthcare facilities in rural Bangladesh is a form of chronic rule-breaking and is recognised as a critical problem by the government. We explored the factors underlying this phenomenon from doctors’ perspectives. We conducted a facility-based cross-sectional survey in four government hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Junior doctors with experience in rural postings were interviewed to collect data on socio-demogra…

  • Examining representation of women in leadership of professional medical associations in India

    Open AccessPratishtha Singh, Veena Sriram et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Women constitute 70% of the global health workforce but are significantly underrepresented in leadership positions. In India, professional medical associations (PMAs) play a crucial role in shaping policy agenda in the health sector, but very little is known about gender diversity in their leadership. Therefore, we analysed the gender representation of current and past leaderships of Indian PMAs. Data of the current and past national leadership a…

  • Laws for health and care worker protection and rights

    Open AccessMatthew M Kavanagh, Adi Radakrishnan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The unprecedented and multi-faceted challenges health and care workers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired the world’s health ministers to call for a new Global Health and Care Worker Compact at the 74 th World Health Assembly in 2021. The Care Compact identifies key areas where governments can use law and policy to prevent harm, provide support, ensure inclusivity, and safeguard rights of health and care workers toward improving populati…

  • Holy grail or convenient excuse? Stakeholder perspectives on the role of health system strengthening evaluation in global health resource allocation

    Open AccessVeena Sriram, Natasha Palmer et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2024

    BACKGROUND: The role of evaluation evidence in guiding health systems strengthening (HSS) investments at the global-level remains contested. A lack of rigorous impact evaluations is viewed by some as an obstacle to scaling resources. However, others suggest that power dynamics and knowledge hierarchies continue to shape perceptions of rigor and acceptability in HSS evaluations. This debate has had major implications on HSS resource allocation in …

  • Associations, unions and everything in between

    Open AccessVeena Sriram, Sorcha A Brophy et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Associations, unions and other organised groups representing health workers play a significant role in the development, adoption and implementation of health policy. These representative health worker organisations (RHWOs) are a key interface between employers, governments and their members (both actual and claimed), with varying degrees of influence and authority within and across countries. Existing research in global health often assumes—rathe…

  • Reaching “covidianidad”

    Open AccessPamela Baez Caraballo, Simone H Schriger et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    We aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Dominican Republic. We also aimed to identify the types of resources that HCWs felt were needed to support their mental health. We used purposive and convenience sampling in four health centers in the eastern Dominican Republic to recruit 28 HCWs (doctors, nurses, psychologists, and community health workers) between April 2021 and August 2021. Thr…

  • Improving the response to future pandemics requires an improved understanding of the role played by institutions, politics, organization, and governance

    Open AccessPeter Berman, Maxwell A Cameron et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

  • Perceptions of the Doctor-Patient Relationship Among Patients in a Private, Secondary-Level Hospital in Southern India

    Open AccessPooja Gala, Veena Sriram et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Introduction An epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India is fueling a growing demand for primary care and hospitalization services. Difficulties in coordinating inpatient and outpatient care create significant barriers to providing high-quality medical care. In this paper, we describe patient experiences, perceptions, and expectations of doctor-patient relationships in a secondary-level private hospital in Karnataka, India. Methods W…

  • Analyzing natural herd immunity media discourse in the United Kingdom and the United States

    Open AccessMarco Zenone, Jeremy Snyder et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Natural herd immunity, where community-acquired infections in low-risk populations are used to protect high risk populations from infection–has seen high profile support in some quarters, including through the Great Barrington Declaration. However, this approach has been widely criticized as ineffective and misinformed. In this study, we examine media discourse around natural herd immunity in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) to bett…

  • A gendered content analysis of the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 guidance and policies

    Open AccessEmily Tomsick, Julia Smith et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    As with previous global public health emergencies, the COVID-19 pandemic has had distinct and disproportionate impacts on women and their health and livelihoods. As the leader in global public health, it is incumbent upon the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure gender is prioritized in pandemic response. We conducted a policy analysis of 338 WHO COVID-19 documents and found that only 20% explicitly discuss gender and over half do not mentio…

  • Identifying the impact of Covid-19 on health systems and lessons for future emergency preparedness

    Open AccessDosila Ogira, Ipchita Bharali et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has triggered a public health and economic crisis in high and low resource settings since the beginning of 2020. With the first case being discovered on 12 th March 2020, Kenya has responded by using health and non-health strategies to mitigate the direct and indirect impact of the disease on its population. However, this has had positive and negative implications for the country’s overall health system. This p…