Selected writing

Pratik covers public health, global health, and medical innovation, and has written about infectious diseases like HIV and cholera, deadly parasites, toxic pollution, malnutrition, and the cracks in health systems around the world. He examines how governments, global health institutions, and the pharmaceutical industry determine which threats get attention, who gets help, and who remains overlooked.

India's drug industry
India's drug industry saved the world once. Can it do it again?
India's drug industry saved the world once. Can it do it again?
Child malnutrition
The year child malnutrition flipped, explained in one chart.
The year child malnutrition flipped, explained in one chart.
HIV prevention drug
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV.
The only thing standing between humanity and the end of HIV.
Malaria vaccine
It Took 35 years to Get a Malaria Vaccine. Why?
It Took 35 years to Get a Malaria Vaccine. Why?
Lead battery pollution
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. Here are 3 proven ways to stop it.
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. Here are 3 proven ways to stop it.
Organ donation
Everyone agrees organ donation saves lives. So why don't more people do it?
Everyone agrees organ donation saves lives. So why don't more people do it?
Screwworm parasite
A flesh-eating parasite is at our borders. What happens if it spreads?
A flesh-eating parasite is at our borders. What happens if it spreads?
Global health progress
Global health is facing major cuts. We still scored some surprising wins.
Global health is facing major cuts. We still scored some surprising wins.
Health data
The world just lost its health report card. Now what?
The world just lost its health report card. Now what?
Cholera outbreak
The World Is Not Prepared for Another Cholera Wave.
The World Is Not Prepared for Another Cholera Wave.
Drug-resistant malaria
The Race to Track Drug-Resistant Malaria in Africa.
The Race to Track Drug-Resistant Malaria in Africa.
Boston redlining impacts
Red lines, lasting shadows: mapping the contemporary impacts of historical redlining in Boston.
Red lines, lasting shadows: mapping the contemporary impacts of historical redlining in Boston.