Edmond Clint Fernandes (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian physician who is the founder and CEO of CHD Group, an Indian non-profit global health organization holding

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special consultative Status &

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Observership Status. He is a member of the Health Task Force, DDMA,

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& Alumnus of

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. He served as Former Consultant to UNESCAP Bangkok.

Early life and education

Fernandes was born on 3 September 1990 in Mangalore. He attended Don Bosco High School, Matunga. He completed his

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from

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& completed his MD in

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from Yenepoya University. He was the chief editor of the student magazine ''Mullerpulse'' at

. He was a visiting scholar to

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Academic associations

* Honorary director - Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health. * Department Chief & Assistant Professor, Department of

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, Yenepoya University, India. * Adjunct Lecturer – College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University,

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Policy advocacy

Dr. Fernandes has worked in multiple humanitarian emergencies such as Typhoon Haiyaan in the Philippines and also in Cyclone Fani, Kerala Floods etc providing medical relief, care and post disaster epidemiological interventions. He has advocated for a ban on doctor's white coats to prevent hospital acquired infections and also advocated to regulate work hours of resident doctors to reduce preventable deaths, and requested the Health Secretary to

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to remove the mandatory retirement age for doctors to plug shortages. To combat rising heart attacks among population groups, he advised people to keep 300mg

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in their pockets always and to take the pill when they develop severe chest pain. In 2017, he spoke at the

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Regional Hub in Bangkok on how

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at the

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level can create a new world order in strengthening international development. Further, he was engaged by the

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for a high-level deliberation on public health and climate crisis in the Indo-Pacific Region. He has addressed various public health issues such as mental health, food security climate goals through

COP & other forums.

Contributions to public health

Fernandes demonstrated proof of concept to end

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in India through a pilot project in

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, Karnataka. He co-founded Mission ICU, a citizen-driven initiative under CHD Group. Mission ICU has supported over 23 District Hospitals of India with over 200 plus ICU beds and ventilators, thereby building surge capacity in government hospitals. Fernandes wrote to the Chief Justice of

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and to Chief Minister

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to ensure a full ban on firecrackers in the state with silent hours to mark the commitment to climate justice. Dr. Fernandes was instrumental to implement seat belt policy for road safety in the city of

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in the year 2015.

Books authored

Honors and awards

References

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