MSc. Limnology (water resources), Barkatullah University, India, 1999
PhD (Limnology), Barkatullah University, India, 2008
Master in International Health, UCL London, CIG Bergen, KU, Denmark 2007
Karolinska Institutet, Post-Doctoral Fellow 2008-2015

2019- Professor, Public Health and Environment, R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain
2015- Affiliated Researcher- Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet
2013- Associate Professor- Public Health and Environment, R.D. Gardi Medical College
2008-2015 Post-Doctoral Fellow –Public Health and Environment, Karolinska Institutet
2008- 2013 Assistant Professor- Department of Public Health and Environment, R.D. Gardi Medical College
2003- 2008 Research Officer- Department of Community, Medicine R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for tropED Master of Science Program in International Health
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Post-Doctoral Studies at Karolinska Institutet
Swedish Institute Scholarship for Post-Doctoral Studies at Karolinska Institutet
Travel Grant to attend and present paper in Health System Research conference Beijing
BMJ Travel Grant for M Health Conference at UCL London
Travel Grant to attend and present paper in Health System Research conference Vancouver
ICMR Travel Grant to visit Orlando, USA to present paper International disease surveillance conference

Health System Global
International Health Economics Association
Plosone, Associate editor
BMC Health Service Research, Associate editor (2017)

Sweden, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Vietnam, PRC, Philippines, South Africa, Germany, Denmark.

Public Health, Water and Waste water research, Exposure and risk assessments, Antibiotics in Environment, Science communication, qualitative research and health communication, mass gathering surveillance, RCT, research capacity building, WASH, health and digital technology

ONE-HEART: One Health Epidemiological study on Antimicrobial Resistance in Tirunelveli, South India
Antibiotic resistance: Preventive measures and minimizing consequences through risk mitigation and targeted interventions in the context of India- Swedish Research Council
Identifying and prioritizing opportunities, barriers and solutions for improved household waste segregation in small cities in India
Effect of improved information and volunteer support on sorting and segregation of solid waste at the household level in urban setting in Madhya Pradesh, India : a cluster – randomised trial- Swedish Research Council
Development of surveillance system of water quality and WASH based indicators at selected schools in Sehore District - ICMR
Built Environment Analysis of Road Traffic Accident Hotspots in Bhopal, India - ICMR
Assessment of microplastics and associated risks in environmental matrices of Central India – ICMR
Antibiotic resistance Prevention: Implementable interventions in A One health Management context in India-
Physical activity to improve wellbeing and promote healthy ageing – ICMR
Epidemiology of childhood injuries in Ujjain District- ICMR
Drug utilization research to improve case management of childhood diarrhea- ICMR
Antibiotic stewardship program including infection prevention and control and waste water treatment- Swedish Research Council
Large scale innovative pro-poor programs focused on reducing maternal mortality in India: a proposal for impact evaluation- European Union Asian Regional Capacity Development for Research on Social Determinants of Health– European Union

1. Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Surya Singh, Rachna Soni, Vivek Parashar, Ashish Pathak4,Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Kamran Rousta, Salla Atkins, Vishal Diwan.. Service Providers and Program Managers' Perspectives on Household Waste Segregation in Ujjain, India. Sustainable Environment. 2024

2. Bablu Alawa, Surya Singh, Sankar Chakma, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Vishal Diwan, A Review on Utilization Potential of Functionalized Biochar for the Removal of Antibiotics from Water,Environmental Advances,2024,100571,ISSN 2666-7657, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2024.100571.

3. Surya Singh, Sankar Chakma, Vishal Diwan. Microplastic Waste Management in Textile Industry Wastewater In Environmental Engineering and Waste Management: Recent Trends and Perspectives 319-34. Springer Nature Switzerland

4. Nema RK, Singh AK, Nagar J, Prajapati B, Sikenis M, Singh S, Diwan V, Singh P, Tiwari R, Mishra PK. Investigating the Presence of Rotavirus in Wastewater Samples of Bhopal Region, India, by Utilizing Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction. Cureus. 2024 Apr 24;16(4):e58882. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58882.

5. Tanwi Trushna, Kavya Krishnan, Rachana Soni, Surya Singh, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Ashish Pathak, Manju Purohit, Cecilia Stålsby Lundbog, Yogesh Sabde, Salla Atkins, Krushna C. Sahoo, Kamran Rousta, Vishal Diwan,Interventions to promote household waste segregation: A systematic review, Heliyon, Volume 10, Issue 2,2024, e24332

6. Singh, S., Chakma, S., Alawa, B., Kalyanasundaram, M., & Diwan, V. (2024). Microplastic pollution in terrestrial environment: Identification, characterization, and risk assessment in Indore, Central India. Soil Use and Management, 40, e13053. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13053

7. Krishnan K, Sahoo KC, Kalyanasundaram M, Singh S, Srinivas A, Pathak A, Stålsby Lundborg C, Atkins S, Rousta K and Diwan V (2023) Feasibility assessment of crowdsourcing slogans for promoting household waste segregation in India: a cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health 11:1118331. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118331

8. Singh, S., Chakma, S., Alawa, B. et al. Assessment of microplastic pollution in agricultural soil of Bhopal, Central India. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 26, 708–722 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01805-6

9. Godbole Sheela , Diwan Vishal , Das Saibal , Reddy Mahendra M. , Kalyanasundaram Madhanraj , Rajendran Dilipkumar , Biswas Dipankar , Mamulwar Megha , Tiwari Rajnarayan R. , Majumder Joydeep , Mishra Ayush , Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar , Memeenao M. , Gupta Nivedita , Gupta Swati , George Leyanna Susan , Kadale Prajakta , Trushna Tanwi , Saha Indranil , Alam Umaer , Kathiresan Jeyashree , Phukan Sanjib Kumar , Sane Suvarna , Bhowmik Kalyan , Yadav Girijesh Kumar , Krishnamurthy Vinaykumar , Gogoi Punananda , Padhye Kedar , Kant Rajni , Ghosh Pramit , Kharat Mahesh , Kulkarni Aditi. Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India. Frontiers in Public Health. VOL:11, 2024, Frontiers in Public Health. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1293600

10. Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Kavya Krishnan, Surya Singh, Krushna Chandra Sahoo, Rachna Soni, Vivek Parashar, Namrata Mathankar, Ashish Pathak, Yogesh Sabde, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Salla Atkins, Kamran Rousta, Vishal Diwan,Composition analysis (pick analysis) of waste generated from household: A pilot study in Ujjain city, India, Heliyon,Volume 9, Issue 9, 2023,e19902, ISSN 2405-8440, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19902.

11. Stephen A, Nair S, Joshi A, Aggarwal S, Adhikari T, Diwan V, Devi KR, Mishra BK, Yadav GK, Sahu D, Gulati BK, Sharma S, Yadav J, Ovung S, Duggal C, Sharma M, Bangar SD, Rebecca PB, Rani S, Selvaraj P, Xavier GG, Peter V, Watson B, Kannan T, Asmathulla KSMD, Bhattacharya D, Turuk J, Palo SK, Kanungo S, Behera AK, Pandey AK, Zaman K, Misra B, Kumar N, Behera S, Singh R, Narain K, Kant R, Sahay S, Tiwari R, Thomas BE, Karikalan N, Panda S, Vardhana Rao MV, Ujagare D, Chinchore S. Gender differences in COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and public stigma among the general community: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional study in India. Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 2023 Jul;93:103776. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103776. Epub 2023 May 30. PMID: 37303828; PMCID: PMC10229202.

12. Vishal Diwan, Upasana Sharma, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Thangaraj Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Vivek Parashar, Priyank Soni, Ankit Garg, Naveen Singh Pawar, Ashish Pathak, Manju R. Purohit, K. Madhanraj, Anette Hulth, Manickam Ponnaiah. Syndromic surveillance system during mass gathering of Panchkroshi Yatra festival, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. New Microbes and New Infections,2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101097.

13. Tamhankar AJ, Diwan V. Integrated antimicrobial resistance management strategy: A way forward to mitigate antimicrobial resistance crisis. Indian Journal of Medical Research 156, November 2022

14. Surya Singh, Sankar Chakma, Bablu Alawa, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Vishal Diwan. Identification, characterization, and implications of microplastics in soil – A case study of Bhopal, central India, Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances,Volume 9,2023 doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100225.

15. Singh,S.,Tiwari,R.R.,&Diwan,V.Should tobacco products’waste be considered as hazardous in India ? EnvironmentalQualityManagement,1–4.https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.21944 2022.

16. Surya Singh, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Vishal Diwan; Factors influencing the adsorption of antibiotics onto activated carbon in aqueous media. Water Sci Technol 1 November 2022; 86 (9): 2260–2269. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.334

17. Diwan V, Sharma M, Sahoo KC, Negi S, Madhanraj K, Tiwari RR The perspectives of community members on COVID-19-related social stigma and mitigation strategies: a qualitative study in Madhya Pradesh, India. The Journal of family Medicine and Primary Care Volume 11 : Issue 11 : November 2022

18. Khare S, Diwan V, Pathak A, Purohit MR, Stålsby Lundborg C. Correlation Between Individual Child-Level Antibiotic Consumption and Antibiotic-Resistant Among Commensal Escherichia coli: Results from a Cohort of Children Aged 1–3 Years in Rural Ujjain India. Infect Drug Resist. 2022;15:6255-6266 https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S372093

19. Debnath F, Chakraborty D, Giri S, Saha S, Pyne S, Chakraverty R, Majumdar A, Deb AK, Diwan V, Bhatia R, Dutta S. Existing Policies/Guidelines on the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance in India: An Insight into the Key Facets through Review and SWOT Analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022; 7(11):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7110336

20. Tulsi Adhikari,Sumit Aggarwal, Saritha Nair, Aparna Joshi,A Stephen, K Rekha Devi, Bijaya Kumar Mishra, Girijesh Kumar, Sampada Bangar, Damodar Sahu,Jeetendra Yadav, Senthanro Ovung,Bal Kishan Gulati, Saurabh Sharma, Charan Singh, Chetna Duggal, Moina Sharma, Dhammasagar Dnyaneshwar Ujagare, Sneha Padmakar Chinchore, Pricilla B Rebecca,S Rani, Pradeep Selvaraj, Gladston G Xavier, Vanessa Peter, Basilea Watson, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Md. K S Asmathulla, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Subrata Kumar Palo, Srikanta Kanungo, Ajit Kumar Behera, Ashok Kumar Pandey,Kamran Zaman, Brij Ranjan Misra, Niraj Kumar, Sthita Pragnya Behera,Rajeev Singh, Kanwar Narain, Rajni Kant, Seema Sahay, Rajnarayan R Tiwari, Beena Elizabeth Thomas and Rao Vardhana M Vishnu. Factors associated with COVID-19 stigma during the onset of the global pandemic in India: A Cross-sectional Study. Front. Public Health 10:992046. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.992046. 2022

21. Sahoo, K.C.; Soni, R.; Kalyanasundaram, M.; Singh, S.; Parashar, V.; Pathak, A.; Purohit, M.R.; Sabde, Y.; Stålsby Lundborg, C.; Sidney Annerstedt, K.; Atkins S; Rousta K, Diwan V. Dynamics of Household Waste Segregation Behaviour in Urban Community in Ujjain, India: A Framework Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7321. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph191273

22. Sabde YD, Trushna T, Mandal UK, Yadav V, Sharma DK, Aher SB, Singh S, Tiwari RR, Diwan V. Evaluation of health impacts of the improved housing conditions on under five-year children in the socioeconomically underprivileged families in central India: a one-year follow-up study protocol. Frontiers in Public Health 2022; 10:973721. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.973721

23. Parashar V, Singh S, Purohit MR, Tamhankar AJ, Singh D, Kalyanasundaram M, Lundborg CS, Diwan V. Utility of constructed wetlands for treatment of hospital effluent and antibiotic resistant bacteria in resource limited settings: A case study in Ujjain, India, Water Environment Research, DOI 10.1002/wer.10783

24. Nair S, Joshi A, Aggarwal S, Adhikari T, Mahajan N, Diwan V, Stephen A, Devi KR, Mishra BK, Yadav GK, Kohli R, Sahu D, Gulati BK, Sharma S, Yadav J, Ovung S, Duggal C, Sharma M, Bangar SD, Andhalkar R, Rebecca PB, Rani S, Selvaraj P, Xavier GG, Peter V, Watson B, Kannan T, Md Asmathulla KS, Bhattacharya D, Turuk J, Palo SK, Kanungo S, Behera AK, Pandey AK, Zaman K, Misra BR, Kumar N, Behera SP, Singh R, Sarkar AH, Narain K, Kant R, Sahay S, Tiwari RR, Thomas BE, Panda S, Rao VV. Development & validation of scales to assess stigma related to COVID-19 in India. The Indian journal of medical research 2022 ;

25. Singh S, Trushna T, Kalyanasundaram M, Tamhankar AJ, Diwan V. Microplastics in drinking water: a macro issue. WATER SUPPLY 2022 22;5 5650-5674

26. Pathak, A., Ogunbayo, A., Trushna, T. et al. Perceptions and Experiences of Caregivers on Child Injuries: A Qualitative Study from Central India. J Primary Prevent 43, 549–565 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-022-00682-3

27. Khare S, Pathak A, Lundborg CS, Diwan V, Atkins S. Understanding Internal and External Drivers Influencing the Prescribing Behaviour of Informal Healthcare Providers with Emphasis on Antibiotics in Rural India: A Qualitative Study. ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL 2022 11;4

28. Singh S, Kalyanasundaram M, Diwan V. Removal of microplastics from wastewater: available techniques and way forward. Water Sci Technol. 2021 Dec;84(12):3689-3704. doi: 10.2166/wst.2021.472. PMID: 34928836.

29. Mitchell J, Purohit M, Jewell CP, Read JM, Marrone G, Diwan V, Stålsby Lundborg C. Trends, relationships and case attribution of antibiotic resistance between children and environmental sources in rural India. Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 19;11(1):22599. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01174-w. PMID: 34799577; PMCID: PMC8604955.

30. Khare S, Pathak A, Purohit MR, Sharma M, Marrone G, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C , Diwan Vishal. Determinants and pathways of healthcare-seeking behaviours in under-5 children for common childhood illnesses and antibiotic prescribing: a cohort study in rural India. BMJ Open 2021;0:e052435. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052435

31. Kalyanasundaram M, Sabde Y, Annerstedt KS, Singh S, Sahoo KC, Parashar V, Purohit M, Pathak A, Lundborg CS, Rousta K, Bolton K, Atkins S, Diwan V. Effects of improved information and volunteer support on segregation of solid waste at the household level in urban settings in Madhya Pradesh, India (I-MISS): protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC public health 2021 21;1 694-

32. Gour P, Choudhary A, Sahoo KC, Jirwe M, Hallgren M, Diwan VK, Mahadik VK, Diwan V. Experience of Elderly People Regarding the Effect of Yoga/Light Exercise on Sedentary Behavior: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study in Madhya Pradesh, India. Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) 2020 5;4.

33. Priyanka Sharma, Jagdish Chandra Mandliya, Mamta Dhaneria,Vishal Diwan. Assessment of prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in early adolescent age group using Global School Health Survey in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. Pediatric Review: International Journal of Pediatric Research, 7(6), 228-236. https://doi.org/10.17511/ijpr.2020.i06.02

34. Tamhankar A, Diwan V, Khatri N, Tripathi S. Antimicrobial residues in pharmaceutical industry effluents: Corelates to LMICs in the context of declaration of Indian regulations. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2020

35. Singh S, Parashar V, Madhanraj K, Khare S, Purohit M, Stalsby Lundborg C, Diwan V. Physico-Chemical Quality Monitoring of Ground Water for Drinking Purposes in Rural Ujjain, Central India: Findings of a Two-Year Longitudinal Study

36. Trushna T, Diwan V, Nandi SS, Aher SB, Tiwari RR, Sabde YD. A mixed-methods community-based participatory research to explore stakeholder's perspectives and to quantify the effect of crop residue burning on air and human health in Central India: study protocol. BMC public health 2020 20;1 1824-

37. Mungai IG, Baghel SS, Soni S, Vagela S, Sharma M, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS, Pathak A. Identifying the know-do gap in evidence-based neonatal care practices among informal health care providers-a cross-sectional study from Ujjain, India. BMC health services research 2020 20;1 966-

38. Pathak A, Agarwal N, Mehra L, Mathur A, Diwan V. Incidence, Risk and Protective Factors for Unintentional, Nonfatal, Fall-Related Injuries at Home: A Community-Based Household Survey from Ujjain, India. Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics 2020 11; 65-72

39. Purohit M, Diwan V, Parashar V, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS. Mass bathing events in River Kshipra, Central India- influence on the water quality and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of commensal E.coli. PloS one 2020 15;3 e0229664-

40. Sabde Y, Diwan V, Mahadik VK, Parashar V, Negandhi H, Trushna T, Zodpey S. Medical schools in India: pattern of establishment and impact on public health - a Geographic Information System (GIS) based exploratory study. BMC public health 2020 20;1 755-

41. Hanna N, Purohit M, Diwan V, Chandran SP, Riggi E, Parashar V, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS. Monitoring of Water Quality, Antibiotic Residues, and Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in the Kshipra River in India over a 3-Year Period. International journal of environmental research and public health 2020 17;21

42. Pathak A, Martensson A, Gawariker S, Sharma A, Diwan V, Purohit M, Ursing J. Stable high frequencies of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance associated mutations and absence of K13 mutations inPlasmodium falciparum3 and 4 years after the introduction of artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. MALARIA JOURNAL 2020 19;1 290-

43. Khare S, Purohit M, Sharma M, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS, Diwan V, Pathak A. Antibiotic Prescribing by Informal Healthcare Providers for Common Illnesses: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in Rural India. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2019 8;3

44. Choudhary A, Pathak A, Manickam P, Purohit M, Rajasekhar TD, Dhoble P, Sharma A, Suliya J, Apsingekar D, Patil V, Jaiswal A, Gwarikar S, Östh J, Jirwe M, Diwan VK, Hallgren M, Mahadik V, Diwan V. Effect of Yoga versus Light Exercise to Improve Well-Being and Promote Healthy Aging among Older Adults in Central India: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) 2019 4;4

45. Tamhankar AJ, Nachimuthu R, Singh R, Harindran J, Meghwanshi GK, Kannan R, Kumar NS, Negi V, Jacob L, Bhattacharyya S, Sahoo KC, Mahadik VK, Diwan V, Sharma M, Pathak A, Khedkar SU, Avhad D, Saxena S, Nerkar S, Venu V, Kumar S, Shandeepan G, Singh KR, Gashnga R, Kumar A. Characteristics of a Nationwide Voluntary Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign in India; Future Paths and Pointers for Resource Limited Settings/Low and Middle Income Countries. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019 16;24

46. Mathur A, Baghel D, Jaat J, Diwan V, Pathak A. Community-Based Participatory Research and Drug Utilization Research to Improve Childhood Diarrhea Case Management in Ujjain, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey. International journal of environmental research and public health 2019 16;9

47. Anand G, Chhajed D, Shah S, Atkins S, Diwan V. Do qualifications matter? A qualitative study of how villagers decide their health care providers in a developing economy. PLOS ONE 2019 14;8 e0220316-

48. Östh J, Diwan V, Jirwe M, Diwan V, Choudhary A, Mahadik VK, Pascoe M, Hallgren M. Effects of yoga on well-being and healthy ageing: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (FitForAge). BMJ open 2019 9;5 e027386-

49. Purohit MR, Lindahl LF, Diwan V, Marrone G, Lundborg CS. High levels of drug resistance in commensal E. coli in a cohort of children from rural central India. Scientific reports 2019 9;1 6682-

50. Diwan V, Joshi SC, Jehan K, De Costa A. Participation in the state led 'Janani Sahayogi Yojana' public private partnership program to promote facility births in Madhya Pradesh, India: views from private obstetrician partners. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2019 19;1 599-

51. Sabde Y, Chaturvedi S, Randive B, Sidney K, Salazar M, De Costa A, Diwan V. Bypassing health facilities for childbirth in the context of the JSY cash transfer program to promote institutional birth: A cross-sectional study from Madhya Pradesh, India. PloS one 2018 13;1 e0189364-

52. Pathak A, Agrawal N, Mehra L, Mathur A, Diwan V. First Aid Practices and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Caregivers for Unintentional Childhood Injuries in Ujjain, India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Children (Basel, Switzerland) 2018 5;9

53. Joshi SC, Diwan V, Joshi R, Sharma M, Pathak A, Shah H, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C. "How Can the Patients Remain Safe, If We Are Not Safe and Protected from the Infections"? A Qualitative Exploration among Health-Care Workers about Challenges of Maintaining Hospital Cleanliness in a Resource Limited Tertiary Setting in Rural India. International journal of environmental research and public health 2018 15;9

54. Kohler S, Sidney Annerstedt K, Diwan V, Lindholm L, Randive B, Vora K, De Costa A. Postpartum quality of life in Indian women after vaginal birth and cesarean section: a pilot study using the EQ-5D-5L descriptive system. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2018 18;1 427-

55. Diwan V, Hanna N, Purohit M, Chandran S, Riggi E, Parashar V, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C. Seasonal Variations in Water-Quality, Antibiotic Residues, Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Water and Sediments of the Kshipra River in Central India. International journal of environmental research and public health 2018 15;6

56. Mathur A, Mehra L, Diwan V, Pathak A. Unintentional Childhood Injuries in Urban and Rural Ujjain, India: A Community-Based Survey. Children (Basel, Switzerland) 2018 5;2

57. Lien TQ, Lan PT, Chuc NTK, Hoa NQ, Nhung PH, Thoa NTM, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C. Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospital Wastewater in Vietnam. International journal of environmental research and public health 2017 14;7

58. Purohit MR, Chandran S, Shah H, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C. Antibiotic Resistance in an Indian Rural Community: A 'One-Health' Observational Study on Commensal Coliform from Humans, Animals, and Water. International journal of environmental research and public health 2017 14;4

59. Diwan V, Purohit M, Chandran S, Parashar V, Shah H, Mahadik VK, Stålsby Lundborg C, Tamhankar AJ. A Three-Year Follow-Up Study of Antibiotic and Metal Residues, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Genes, Focusing on Kshipra-A River Associated with Holy Religious Mass-Bathing in India: Protocol Paper. International journal of environmental research and public health 2017 14;6

60. Chandran SP, Sarkar S, Diwan V, Pathak A, Shah H, Tamhankar AJ, Macaden R, Stalsby-Lundborg C. Detection of virulence genes in ESBL producing, quinolone resistant commensal Escherichia coli from rural Indian children. JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2017 11;5 387-392

61. Lien LT, Hoa NQ, Chuc NT, Thoa NT, Phuc HD, Diwan V, Dat NT, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS. Antibiotics in Wastewater of a Rural and an Urban Hospital before and after Wastewater Treatment, and the Relationship with Antibiotic Use-A One Year Study from Vietnam. International journal of environmental research and public health 2016 13;6

62. Chaturvedi S, Randive B, Raven J, Diwan V, De Costa A. Assessment of the quality of clinical documentation in India's JSY cash transfer program for facility births in Madhya Pradesh. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS 2016 132;2 179-83

63. Bogg L, Diwan V, Vora KS, DeCosta A. Impact of Alternative Maternal Demand-Side Financial Support Programs in India on the Caesarean Section Rates: Indications of Supplier-Induced Demand. Maternal and child health journal 2016 20;1 11-15

64. Atkins S, Marsden S, Diwan V, Zwarenstein M, ARCADE Consortium. North-south collaboration and capacity development in global health research in low- and middle-income countries - the ARCADE projects. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION 2016 9; 30524-

65. Sidney K, Salazar M, Marrone G, Diwan V, DeCosta A, Lindholm L. Out-of-pocket expenditures for childbirth in the context of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) cash transfer program to promote facility births: who pays and how much? Studies from Madhya Pradesh, India. International journal for equity in health 2016 15; 71-

66. Atkins S, Varshney D, Meragia E, Zwarenstein M, Diwan V, ARCADE Consortium. 'Research clinics': online journal clubs between south and north for student mentoring. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION 2016 9; 30434-

67. Farnman R, Diwan V, Zwarenstein M, Atkins S, ARCADE Consortium. Successes and challenges of north-south partnerships - key lessons from the African/Asian Regional Capacity Development projects. GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION 2016 9; 30522-

68. Sabde Y, Diwan V, Randive B, Chaturvedi S, Sidney K, Salazar M, De Costa A. The availability of emergency obstetric care in the context of the JSY cash transfer programme in Madhya Pradesh, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2016 16;1 116-

69. Sidney K, Tolhurst R, Jehan K, Diwan V, De Costa A. 'The money is important but all women anyway go to hospital for childbirth nowadays' - a qualitative exploration of why women participate in a conditional cash transfer program to promote institutional deliveries in Madhya Pradesh, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2016 16; 47-

70. Varshney D, Atkins S, Das A, Diwan V. Understanding collaboration in a multi-national research capacity-building partnership: a qualitative study. Health research policy and systems 2016 14;1 64-

71. Diwan V, Gustafsson C, Rosales Klintz S, Joshi SC, Joshi R, Sharma M, Shah H, Pathak A, Tamhankar AJ, Stålsby Lundborg C. Understanding Healthcare Workers Self-Reported Practices, Knowledge and Attitude about Hand Hygiene in a Medical Setting in Rural India. PloS one 2016 11;10 e0163347-

72. Chaturvedi S, Ali S, Randive B, Sabde Y, Diwan V, De Costa A. Availability and distribution of safe abortion services in rural areas: a facility assessment study in Madhya Pradesh, India. Global health action 2015 8; 26346-

73. Diwan V, Agnihotri D, Hulth A. Collecting syndromic surveillance data by mobile phone in rural India: implementation and feasibility. Global health action 2015 8; 26608-

74. Stålsby Lundborg C, Diwan V, Pathak A, Purohit MR, Shah H, Sharma M, Mahadik VK, Tamhankar AJ. Protocol: a 'One health' two year follow-up, mixed methods study on antibiotic resistance, focusing children under 5 and their environment in rural India. BMC public health 2015 15; 1321-

75. Joshi SC, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Joshi R, Shah H, Sharma M, Pathak A, Macaden R, Stålsby Lundborg C. Staff perception on biomedical or health care waste management: a qualitative study in a rural tertiary care hospital in India. PloS one 2015 10;5 e0128383-

76. Diwan V, Sabde YD, Byström E, De Costa A. Treatment of pediatric diarrhea: a simulated client study at private pharmacies of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of infection in developing countries 2015 9;5 505-11

77. Ng M, Misra A, Diwan V, Agnani M, Levin-Rector A, De Costa A. An assessment of the impact of the JSY cash transfer program on maternal mortality reduction in Madhya Pradesh, India. Global health action 2014 7; 24939-

78. Sabde Y, De Costa A, Diwan V. A spatial analysis to study access to emergency obstetric transport services under the public private "Janani Express Yojana" program in two districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Reproductive health 2014 11; 57-

79. Pathak A, Mårtensson A, Gawariker S, Mandliya J, Sharma A, Diwan V, Ursing J. Characterization of drug resistance associated genetic polymorphisms among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. Malaria journal 2014 13; 182-

80. Chandran SP, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Joseph BV, Rosales-Klintz S, Mundayoor S, Lundborg CS, Macaden R. Detection of carbapenem resistance genes and cephalosporin, and quinolone resistance genes along with oqxAB gene in Escherichia coli in hospital wastewater: a matter of concern. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2014 117;4 984-95

81. Neogi U, Gupta S, Palchaudhuri R, Rao SD, Shastri S, Diwan V, Laishram RS, De Costa A, Shet A. Limited evolution but increasing trends of primary non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance mutations in therapy-naive HIV-1-infected individuals in India. Antiviral therapy 2014 19;8 813-8

82. Sabde Y, Diwan V, De Costa A, Mahadik VK. Mapping the rapid expansion of India's medical education sector: planning for the future. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2014 14; 266-

83. Chaturvedi S, Randive B, Diwan V, De Costa A. Quality of obstetric referral services in India's JSY cash transfer programme for institutional births: a study from Madhya Pradesh province. PloS one 2014 9;5 e96773-

84. Sidney K, Ryan K, Diwan V, De Costa A. Utilization of a state run public private emergency transportation service exclusively for childbirth: the Janani (maternal) Express program in Madhya Pradesh, India. PloS one 2014 9;5 e96287-

85. Shakya P, Barrett P, Diwan V, Marothi Y, Shah H, Chhari N, Tamhankar AJ, Pathak A, Lundborg CS. Antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from stool samples of children aged 3 to 14 years from Ujjain, India. BMC infectious diseases 2013 13; 477-

86. Randive BB, Chaturvedi SD, Diwan V, De Costa A. Effective coverage of institutional deliveries under the Janani Suraksha Yojana programme in high maternal mortality provinces of India: analysis of data from an annual health survey. LANCET 2013 381; 123-123

87. Deshpande K, Shivaswamy MS, Diwan V, De Costa A, Bhattacharya A, Mahadik VK. Establishment of social club for adolescents living in urban slums: a potential tool to impart HIV/AIDS education. Journal of the Indian Medical Association 2013 111;5 320-3

88. Diwan V, Minj C, Chhari N, De Costa A. Indian medical students in public and private sector medical schools: are motivations and career aspirations different? - studies from Madhya Pradesh, India. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2013 13; 127-

89. Randive B, Diwan V, De Costa A. India's Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (the JSY) to Promote Institutional Birth: Is There an Association between Institutional Birth Proportion and Maternal Mortality?. PLOS ONE 2013 8;6 e67452-

90. Diwan V, Stålsby Lundborg C, Tamhankar AJ. Seasonal and temporal variation in release of antibiotics in hospital wastewater: estimation using continuous and grab sampling. PloS one 2013 8;7 e68715-

91. Sidney K, de Costa A, Diwan V, Mavalankar DV, Smith H, MATIND study team. An evaluation of two large scale demand side financing programs for maternal health in India: the MATIND study protocol. BMC public health 2012 12; 699-

92. Neogi U, Gupta S, Shet A, De Costa A, Laishram RL, Wanchu A, Diwan V, Banerjea AC, Sonnerborg A. Emergence of unique recombinant forms (URFs) in Indian HIV-1 epidemic: data from nationwide clinical cohort between 2007 and 2011. RETROVIROLOGY 2012 9;

93. Diwan V, Chandran SP, Tamhankar AJ, Lundborg CS, Macaden R. Identification of extended-spectrum -lactamase and quinolone resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from hospital wastewater from central India. JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 2012 67;4 857-9

94. Sidney K, Diwan V, El-Khatib Z, de Costa A. India's JSY cash transfer program for maternal health: who participates and who doesn't--a report from Ujjain district. Reproductive health 2012 9; 2-

95. Neogi U, Bontell I, Shet A, De Costa A, Gupta S, Diwan V, Laishram RS, Wanchu A, Ranga U, Banerjea AC, Sonnerborg A. Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Subtypes in India: Origin and Evolutionary History of the Predominant Subtype C. PLOS ONE 2012 7;6 e39819-

96. Joshi SC, Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Joshi R, Shah H, Sharma M, Pathak A, Macaden R, Lundborg CS. Qualitative study on perceptions of hand hygiene among hospital staff in a rural teaching hospital in India. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION 2012 80;4 340-4

97. Pathak D, Pathak A, Marrone G, Diwan V, Lundborg CS. Adherence to treatment guidelines for acute diarrhoea in children up to 12 years in Ujjain, India - a cross-sectional prescription analysis. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2011 11; 32-

98. Sabde YD, Diwan V, Saraf VS, Mahadik VK, Diwan VK, De Costa A. Mapping private pharmacies and their characteristics in Ujjain district, Central India. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2011 11; 351-

99. Diwan V, Tamhankar AJ, Khandal RK, Sen S, Aggarwal M, Marothi Y, Iyer RV, Sundblad-Tonderski K, Stalsby-Lundborg C. Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in waters associated with a hospital in Ujjain, India. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 2010 10; 414-

100. Fochsen G, Deshpande K, Diwan V, Mishra A, Diwan VK, Thorson A. Health care seeking among individuals with cough and tuberculosis: a population-based study from rural India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 2006 10;9 995-1000

101. Deshpande K, RaviShankar, Diwan V, Lonnroth K, Mahadik VK, Chandorkar RK. Spatial pattern of private health care provision in Ujjain, India: a provider survey processed and analysed with a Geographical Information System. HEALTH POLICY 2004 68;2 211-22

102. Diwan V et al. Detection of ciprofloxacin and metronidazole coupled with antibiotic resistant bacteria in hospital wastewater, In Antibiotic Resistance from emerging threat to reality Eds Rubina Lawrence Narosa Publishing House, Delhi.2009; Page pp 246-252.

103. Tamhankar AJ, Diwan V, Sahoo KC, Nerkar SS, Stålsby Lundborg C. (2014). Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in the Aquatic Environment of India. In ‘Antimicrobial Resistance: A cause for global concern’. R. Lawrence, Ebrnrzer, J. and Thomas G. (Eds.), Narosa Publishing house, New Delhi. 343-348.

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