Rajni Luthra is a programme management specialist working on the nexus of climate change and public health. She has extensive experience in managing large, complex, multi-partner and multi-country programmes and projects on health systems strengthening and climate change adaptation in South Asia. She is interested in the design, development and implementation of policies integrating the impacts of climate change on public health and addressing climate change through multifaceted, multi-level governance approaches.
Rajni is an English literature graduate with a MSc degree in Public Policy, Finance and Management from SOAS, University of London.
Climate change poses a critical risk to public health systems in low- and middle-income countries, including in terms of the impact of climate and weather events on the energy infrastructure of healthcare facilities. This study explores how different climate impacts disrupt the supply of energy to healthcare facilities and affect their demand for energy.
Community health workers play a key role in providing health services. Our work aims to generate and strengthen evidence on community health workers for improved programme and policy.
This learning grant supports to develop new strategies and approaches for strengthening the public health system to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
This project presents insights on mechanisms to curate context specific technical support for health systems strengthening.
Has the role of a Technical Support Unit evolved from its original intent? How can they best support governments to achieve targeted outcomes? Our experts draw on over a decade of experience to discuss the issues.