The First Dilip Mahalanabis Memorial Oration
The first Dilip Mahalanabis Memorial Oration was delivered by Professor Dr. Richard Cash, distinguished Global Health Scientist of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in Kolkata on 31st July 2023. The lecture was organised by Liver Foundation-West Bengal. Professor Dr. Richard Cash spoke on the theme titled “The Development of ORT and Implementation of programs : Taking Science to the people”. Professor Dr. Richard Cash delivered oration lecture in the form of story telling. A documentary film titled “Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis and ORS” made by the Mahalanobis Club was also screened. Here is a a video recording of the proceedings. Links to a couple of newspaper stories on the event are also given below.
https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/kolkata/a-special-writeup-about-dr-dilip-mahalanabis-and-his-initiative-to-cure-people-with-the-help-of-ors/cid/1449020
Sangita Nair
Thanks for sharing.As a family physician working in a poor rural background,I fully understood the practical problems that health workers face when they are working in the field.The situation hasn’t changed much since those days.I believe that ORS is the single most game changer in public health in my lifetime.Till date,the use of ORS is still not 100%due to various issues.For me the translation of medical research into simple affordable interventions is important if we are to aim for a‘Health For All ‘ disease free world .