Sachi Satapathy

Sachi Satapathy

Sachi Satapathy is an international development practitioner specialized in program management, policy development, strategic communications and advocacy and worked on large scale projects with bilateral and multilateral agencies. His interests are in public health, poverty alleviation and in public-private partnerships for health and development in lower, middle income and developing countries.

Latest Articles

Minimizing out-of-pocket health expenditure for India's poor

Minimizing out-of-pocket health expenditure for India's poor

almost 10 years ago // Focus On: Global Health

India allocates just 0.1 percent of GDP on publicly funded drugs and medicines — a catastrophe for the country's vast poor population, argues Sachi Satapathy, a technical officer at The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, in this guest column.

Diabetes — a serious threat to ending TB

Diabetes — a serious threat to ending TB

over 10 years ago // Focus on: Global health

Incidence of tuberculosis — a disease that affects 9 million people and claims 1.5 million lives each year — will likely flare up in rapidly developing countries because of diabetes, three TB experts from India write in this exclusive commentary.