Bhavya Balasubramanya
Bhavya Balasubramanya
MBBS DTM&H MD DNB FRACGP FAFPHM
Director Public Health
Bhavya is a Public Health Physician and General Practitioner who joined the Public Health Directorate at NCCTRC in 2025. She brings extensive experience in public health both internationally and in Australia, as well as in international health emergency and disaster response. Bhavya is a clinician, medical educator, and researcher with a keen interest in health systems, immunisation programs, infectious and non-communicable disease epidemiology, and planetary health.
News by Bhavya Balasubramanya
Measles – global outbreaks stemming from a decline in routine vaccine coverage
Written by Dr Bhavya Balasubramanya Reviewed by Dr Maya Cherian History Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease capable of causing large scale outbreaks in all age groups, but…