Manisha Bhandankar
KLES University, India
Biography
Manisha Bhandankar is Professor of Pediatrics with special interest in Neonatology at KLES University, Belgavi, and Karnataka, India. She is actively involved in training health care workers from resource limited settings to provide essential newborn care in India. Her research work in “Transitional adaptation in newborn delivered in tertiary care hospital and in primary health center in India” has contributed to understand the issues involved in care of newborns in various level of health set ups in India. Her recent work involved study of “Determinants of antenatal and postnatal maternal and newborn care service utilization and contributing factors”. She is also involved in various Perinatal Health Education Programs in India