Siddhesh Zadey

Siddhesh Zadey is a researcher in the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, and a co-founder of the Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), a non-governmental, non-profit think tank and student-led advocacy group in India. He is a member of the Global Burden of Disease Collaborators Network, Mental Health Innovation Network, and Global Mental Health Action Network.  

Surrogate mothers (L-R) Daksha, 37, Renuka, 23, and Rajia, 39, pose for a photograph inside a temporary home for surrogates provided by Akanksha IVF centre in Anand town, south of of Ahmedabad, India.
Gender

How to Save Mothers

by Anoushka Arora, Vidhi Wadhwani, Siddhesh Zadey

Addressing perinatal depression can improve pregnant women’s mental health     

A woman dressed in a head covering and long dress carries bread as she walks on a frost-covered footbridge in the interiors of Nigeen Lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, India, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Food

A Clear Fix for a Common Birth Defect in India

by Siddhesh Zadey, Sweta Dubey

Folic acid fortification in food can help reduce neural tube defects in India

Students hold a giant Indian national flag with green, white and orange stripes, during celebrations commemorating 75 years of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, August 8, 2022.
Governance

Monkeypox in India—Facing the World's Latest Health Threat

by Aatmika Nair, Siddhesh Zadey

Barely back on its feet from COVID-19, India eyes monkeypox with trepidation

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man robed in pink and orange adjusts a cloth on his face as he walks across a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 18, 2021
Environment

Heat, Dust, Fever

by Aatmika Nair, Anwesha Maharana, Avanti Andhale, Siddhesh Zadey

India's climate adaptation plan for health should reflect regional and national needs

REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee
Gender

Suicide and Indian Housewives

by Siddhesh Zadey

In India, the chances of dying by suicide jump drastically if a woman is a housewife

People write notes at the end point of a silent walk organized by Lebanese non-profit organization Embrace, marking World Suicide Prevention Day
Gender

Unnoticed, Misunderstood, and Unaddressed

by Siddhesh Zadey, Sweta Dubey, Pradeeksha Mukuntharaj, Ashmeet Sachdev, Anushka Jindal

Why gender equity in global mental health matters