Thank you to all the entered the awards, without your passion this event would not be possible. Let’s put our hands together for the 2024 – 2025 winners of the BMJ South Asia Awards!

Digital innovation:
This award honours a project that has used a novel and original digital approach to improve patient care demonstrably.
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• Leveraging ECG Images for Predicting Ejection Fraction using Machine Learning Algorithms
  Author: Pradeep Narayan

Quality improvement:
This award recognises teams that are using original approaches to quality improvement to boost clinical outcomes.

• Reducing the incidence of Surgical Site Infection through improvement in preoperative bathing : A QI initiative
  Author: Anamika Das

Sustainability and climate action:
This award recognises teams taking action to reduce the impact of their practice on the environment.
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• Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impact
  Author: Dr. Padmaja Kumari Rani

Maternal & child health team of the year:
This award recognizes healthcare professionals in South Asia who are working to make integrated Maternal & Child Health Services affordable and accessible.

• Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry
  Author: Justin Paul Gnanaraj

Excellence in medical education:
This award recognises a project which demonstrates outstanding innovation in medical education and performance improvement.
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• Diagnostic utility of Neutrophil Biomarkers to identify Neonatal Sepsis and Predict Septic Shock
  Author: Prof (Dr.) Sangeeta Choudhury

Primary care:
This award recognises primary care teams who have had a substantial effect on the health and well-being of the wider community
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• Establishing Nepal’s First Institutional Poison Information Center
  Author: Ramu Kharel

Special recognition:

• Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
• Prof. Adib Rizvi

Thank you once again to all those that participated this year and congratulations to all our winners!