Edmond Fernandes

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Dr. Edmond Fernandes
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Born (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 33)
Niddodi, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
EducationMBBS, MD, PGD-PHSM
OccupationPhysician
Known forGlobal Public Health
Notable workEnd Malnutrition Initiative, Disaster - Climate Interface, Mission ICU, Project SAFE
Websitewww.edmond.in

Edmond Clint Fernandes (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian physician having public health expertise and a consultant for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). [1] [2] He is the founder and CEO of CHD Group, [3] an Indian non-profit global health organization holding United Nations Economic and Social Council special consultative Status.

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Fernandes is the director of the Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health, an advanced technical co-operation centre with Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), and a member of the Health Task Force, Disaster Management Authority, Government of Karnataka. [4]

Through his leadership at CHD Group, Fernandes has impacted over 3 million lives in India and has influenced several policies around the world. [5] [6]

Early life and education

Fernandes was born on 3 September 1990 [7] in Mangalore. He attended Don Bosco High School, Matunga. [8]

He completed his MBBS from Father Muller Medical College, [9] affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and completed his MD in Community Medicine from Yenepoya University. [10] [11]

He was the chief editor of the student magazine Mullerpulse at Father Muller Medical College. [12]

Career

In 2015, his website which is used to connect with communities through articles was attacked by Pakistani cyber criminals. [13]

He was a visiting scholar to Drexel University. [14] The New Indian Express called him a "doctor who makes a difference." [15]

Academic associations

Global health

While being a house surgeon, he supported medical relief efforts as a humanitarian physician during Typhoon Haiyaan in the Philippines. [19] [20]

He called for a ban on white coat for doctors in India to prevent hospital-acquired infections through his work in the British Medical Journal. [21]

Fernandes at the United States Senate, Capitol Hill, Washington DC. Dr Edmond Fernandes during a visit to the United States Senate.jpg
Fernandes at the United States Senate, Capitol Hill, Washington DC.

In case of heart attacks, he advised people in India and around the world to keep 300 mg aspirin in their pockets at all times and to take the pill when they develop severe chest pain. [22] [23] [24]

He spoke on the mental health budget and the need to create resilience in India highlighting the need for mental health financing. [25]

He advocated to regulate the work hours of resident doctors and house surgeons in India to prevent medical error and preventable deaths to patients and create a safe hospital environment through his advocacy in the Economic and Political Weekly. [26]

To plug the shortage of doctors in India, he advised the Union Health Secretary to Government of India to remove the mandatory retirement age for doctors. [27]

In 2017, he was invited to address the United Nations Regional Hub in Bangkok on how South–South cooperation at the ASEAN level can create a new world order in strengthening international development, achieving disaster resilience and meaningfully bringing climate change adaptation practices. [28] [29]

The US Government invited him for a high-level deliberation on public health and climate crisis in the Indo-Pacific Region. [30]

He pointed out that bursting of firecrackers is among preventable causes of air pollution and noise pollution leading to climate change crisis and also pointed out that rising temperatures reduce the efficiency levels of humans and increases cardiac risks and heat stress. [31]

On food security, he stated that India has always historically played a vital role in global food supply chains and in the midst of regional war and frictions, the onus will fall back on nations like India to address food crisis. [32]

Contributions to public health

Fernandes demonstrated proof of concept to end malnutrition in India through a pilot project in Yelburga, Karnataka. [33]

He co-founded Mission ICU, [34] a citizen-driven programme, along with two friends. Mission ICU has supported over 20 District Hospitals of India with over 200 ICU beds and ventilators, thereby building surge capacity in government hospitals. [35]

Fernandes wrote to the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to ensure a full ban on firecrackers in the state with silent hours to mark the state commitment to climate justice. [36]

Dr. Fernandes was responsible to bring seat belt compulsorily implemented for 4 wheeler drivers in the city of Mangalore in the year 2015, after a long advocacy with the Police and District Administration. [37]

Books authored

Honors and awards

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