Ms Kaveri Mayra BSc (Hons.) Nursing, MPH
Postgraduate research student
Kaveri Mayra is qualified in nursing, midwifery and public health. In a career spanning a decade she has passionately worked on nursing and midwifery workforce development and governance, health systems research and governance; quality and respectfulness in maternal health care; gender and women’s empowerment.
Empowering nurse-midwives is key to improving maternal health care.
She started her career in with an NGO called Academy for Nursing Studies and Women’s Empowerment Research Studies (ANSWERS) and currently serves as a member on its governing board. She has consulted with some leading development organizations like World Health Organizations (WHO), Jhpiego- an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University; Norway India Partnership Project (NIPI); Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Ernst and Young (E & Y); Oxford Policy Management and also with Government with Nagaland. She has worked in almost all the states in India, also Bangladesh and Thailand.
Qualitative research; communication and networking; capacity building; fieldwork management and data collection are her key strengths.