Divas Kumar

About

Public health researcher with special focus on child health and nutrition.

Employment

• Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit (IHAT) Team Lead
  2025 - Present
• King George's Medical University Research Lead
  2015 - 2025
• Excel Life Sciences (India) Clinical Research Coordinator
  2015 - 2015
• Max Group Clinical Research Coordinator
  2010 - 2014

Education

• University of Lucknow Master of Public Health (Community Medicine)
  2017 - 2019
• Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre Bachelor of Dental Surgery
  2000 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Multimodal pulse oximeters to support the integrated management of childhood illnesses: A usability and diagnostic accuracy assessment from a multi-country hybrid type 2 study
  PLOS Global Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004655
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• Prevalence of hypoxemia among sick children, aged under-five years, seeking healthcare at primary health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India: an observational-cohort study
  The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2025.100706
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• Barriers and enablers of using a clinical decision support algorithm to consult sick children at primary health facilities: A qualitative study from Uttar Pradesh, India
  Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102038
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• Effectiveness of introducing pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms for the management of sick children in primary care in India and Tanzania on hospitalisation and mortality: the TIMCI pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
  eClinicalMedicine 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103306
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• Association of Specific Dietary Fatty Acids with Asthma in Urban School Children and Adolescents: Inferences from a Cross-Sectional Multicentric Study From India
  Indian Pediatrics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-025-3355-9
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• Association of blood lead level with cognitive performance and general intelligence of urban school children in ten cities of India
  Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101512
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• The Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) study protocol: a multi-country mixed-method evaluation of pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms
  Global Health Action 2024 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2326253
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• Assessment of Blood Lead Level of School Children in 10 Cities of India: A Cross-Sectional Study
  Indian Journal of Pediatrics 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-023-04864-7
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• Micronutrients and cognitive functions among urban school-going children and adolescents: A cross-sectional multicentric study from India
  PLOS ONE 2023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281247
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• Association of dietary intake with micronutrient deficiency in Indian school children: A cross-sectional study
  Journal of Nutritional Science 2023 DOI: 10.1017/jns.2023.83
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