Dr. RAKESH PS

Public Health Intervention Specialist.

Deputy Director, The Union.

Bernard Lown Scholar, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health.

Alumni of CMC Vellore

[CNS @cns_health]

Lakshadweep is a sterling example that if we 👉prevent-find-treat #ALL TB👈 in a 👉person-centred & rights-based manner👈 where #NoOneIsLeftBehind, we can #endTB

Read ⬇ahead of @UnionConference insights from State TB Officer Dr Nezeeda MP & @DrRakeshPS1

https://t.co/vNgI2axy5O

[Bobby Ramakant @bobbyramakant]

Lakshadweep proves that if we 👉prevent-find-treat ALL TB👈 in a 👉person-centred & rights-based manner👈 we can #endTB

Insights: Lakshadweep's STO Dr Nezeeda & @DrRakeshPS1

🔶Central Chronicle
https://t.co/13Gm8qEJTg

🔶CNS
https://t.co/43gdJvondk

#TBMuktBharat @TbDivision

[Global AMR Media Alliance - GAMA @globalamrmedia]

Lakshadweep proves that if we 👉prevent-find-treat ALL TB👈 in a 👉person-centred & rights-based manner👈 we can #endTB + Zero Drug-Resistant TB

Insights: STO Dr Nezeeda & @DrRakeshPS1

🔶Chronicle
https://t.co/sDKDiicUL4

🔶CNS
https://t.co/GRG2iVieSg

#TBMuktBharat @TbDivision

[CNS @cns_health]

Lakshadweep proves that if we 👉prevent-find-treat ALL TB👈 in a 👉person-centred & rights-based manner👈 we can #endTB

Insights: Lakshadweep's STO Dr Nezeeda & @DrRakeshPS1

🔶 Central Chronicle
https://t.co/ttMQIks58o

🔶 CNS
https://t.co/vNgI2axy5O

#TBMuktBharat @TbDivision

[Shobha Shukla ❇️ शोभा शुक्ला @shobha1shukla]

Lakshadweep proves that if we 👉prevent-find-treat ALL TB👈 in a 👉person-centred & rights-based manner👈 we can #endTB

Insights: Lakshadweep's STO Dr Nezeeda & @DrRakeshPS1

🔶 Central Chronicle
https://t.co/y6Tof4fEHV

🔶 CNS
https://t.co/MSIq2iZ64G

#TBMuktBharat @TbDivision

[Dr. RAKESH PS @DrRAKESHPS1]

It was my pleasure interacting with scientists of @icmr_nirt on the theme of my book Echoes from the Atoll- Inside India's first TB-Free islands. Many thoughts regarding polivy and program management in the book resonated with many. I feel proud as an author.

[Dr. RAKESH PS @DrRAKESHPS1]

@icmr_nirt It was my pleasure interacting with scientists of ICMR- NIRT

[ICMR-NIRT @icmr_nirt]

@ICMR_NIRT hosted an insightful interaction with Dr Rakesh PS on TB elimination and community-based approaches. His experiences from Lakshadweep’s TB-free journey offered valuable perspectives on community engagement, local systems and public health action.

[Dr Mohan T Shenoy @monty_doc]

Delighted to receive a copy of
"Echoes from the Atoll: Inside India's First TB-Free Islands" by my dear friend Dr Rakesh P S during our get-together Baker's Arch, Kuravankonam, on 6 August 2026

Kudos, wishing the book a wide readership! 📖 😊

#Friendship #EchoesFromTheAtoll

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

"What is the maximum amount of care that can safely be moved closer to the person?" That question drove Lakshadweep's #TB elimination, explains @DrRAKESHPS1, a @WHO consultant who worked there for years. Read the full interview here: https://t.co/xdmEc5C7tJ

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

“There was nothing glamorous about another round of house-to-house screening or ensuring that tomorrow's sputum sample was tested promptly. But elimination was built on precisely that repetition,” says @DrRAKESHPS1 on Lakshadweep’s journey to TB-free status: https://t.co/T7XAXVQhBF

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

“The underwater world looked impossibly peaceful. Or perhaps I was not sensitive enough to understand their conflicts, fears, & insecurities.” @DrRAKESHPS1 talks about how his scuba diving session mirrored the gap between #healthcare policy & ground realities https://t.co/T7XAXVQPrd

[Karthik Madhavapeddi @madhavapeddik]

“The underwater world looked impossibly peaceful. Or perhaps I was not sensitive enough to understand their conflicts, fears, & insecurities.” @DrRAKESHPS1 tells me about how his diving session mirrored the gap between healthcare policy & ground realities: https://t.co/aPWcad2Hcj

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

Lakshadweep was declared TB-free in 2021—India's first such success. It took “remarkably simple things done consistently," @DrRAKESHPS1, a @WHO consultant who worked there for years, told @madhavapeddik. Our interview: #Tuberculosis #EndTb https://t.co/xdmEc5C7tJ

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

"On my 1st visit itself, I realized something: the sea was in charge," says @DrRAKESHPS1, whose upcoming book details Lakshadweep’s journey to #TB elimination. Reaching patients across 10 islands depended on the ship schedule, the weather & the sea. Read on: https://t.co/T7XAXVQhBF

[ISignal @ISignalOfficial]

Lakshadweep has 10 inhabited islands—most 2-5 hours away from headquarters on choppy seas. Minicoy is a 16-hour ship journey away. How did the archipelago become India’s first TB-free territory? @madhavapeddik speaks with @DrRAKESHPS1 to find out: https://t.co/xdmEc5BzEb