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Open-source active-learning software that helps researchers screen large collections of papers for systematic reviews

Tool TechnologyEducation Global, India

Open-source field service and data collection for community programmes — designed for Indian nonprofits with offline-first mobile apps and longitudinal tracking

Tool HealthEducation India

Public dashboard for the world's largest health insurance scheme — hospital admissions, claims, empanelled hospitals, and coverage for 500M+ beneficiaries

Dashboard HealthWelfare India

Open digital public good for managing healthcare facilities, patient records, critical care and distributed public-health operations

Tool HealthTechnology India, Global

Independent research organisation tracking air pollution, health impacts of fossil fuels, and clean energy transitions — with significant India analysis

Organisation EnergyClimate Global, India

Global atmospheric composition — aerosols, reactive gases, greenhouse gases, wildfire emissions, and air quality forecasts, from the EU's Copernicus programme

Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India

Live and historical air quality readings from India's continuous monitoring stations, with the National Air Quality Index

Dashboard EnvironmentHealth India

Curated charts and underlying data on how India lives, earns and grows, built for people who are not statisticians

Data source DemographyEconomy India

The global reference for disaster impact data — 27,000+ records of natural and technological disasters with deaths, affected people, and damage since 1900

Data source DisastersClimate Global, India

Research organisation conserving medicinal plants and documenting the knowledge and practice of Indian health traditions

Organisation HealthEnvironment India, Karnataka

Food sample testing, adulteration rates, enforcement actions, and state-wise food safety compliance data from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Data source HealthNutrition India

Open-source WhatsApp platform for nonprofits — two-way messaging, chatbots, and programme management on the channel beneficiaries already use

Tool TechnologyHealth India

Comparable estimates of mortality, disability, and causes of disease across 200+ countries and over time — the standard reference for global health comparisons

Data source HealthDemography Global, India

IHME's catalogue of health datasets — surveys, disease registries, geospatial data, and Global Burden of Disease results, searchable by country and topic

Directory HealthDemography Global, India

Health Management Information System — monthly facility-level reporting on maternal health, immunisation and service delivery

Dashboard Health India

UN OCHA's open repository of crisis and development data, including administrative boundaries for most countries

Data source DisastersWelfare Global

Catalyst for mass health programmes of national priority.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India

Data-driven reporting on Indian public policy, from health spending to air quality, with the sources laid out

Publication GovernanceMedia India

WHO-accredited palliative care centre that pioneered the Kerala palliative model — community-driven, volunteer-powered, and centred on humanism and empathy

Organisation HealthWelfare India, Kerala

Regional research centre conducting randomized evaluations to discover which anti-poverty, health, education, and governance programs work

Organisation WelfareHealth India, Asia

Rural tap-water coverage, village certification, water quality, scheme progress and mission finances down to habitation level

Dashboard WaterHealth India

Indian network of the People's Health Movement coordinating public health practitioners, activists, and unions for health equity and healthcare rights

Organisation HealthRights India

Community health non-profit providing low-cost rural clinical care, village health worker networks, and public health research in central tribal India

Organisation HealthNutrition Chhattisgarh, India

Open-source field data collection that works offline on cheap phones, widely used for humanitarian and survey work

Tool TechnologyHealth Global

Decentralised, low-cost community mental health support using volunteer-powered, task-sharing models — free care through clinics in Kerala and Bengaluru

Organisation HealthWelfare India, Kerala, Karnataka

27 official Indian statistical datasets, queryable in plain language from an AI assistant rather than through a download page

Data source EconomyLabour India

India's large-scale household survey on health, nutrition, fertility and women's status, reported down to district level

Data source HealthNutrition India

Annual compendium of Indian health statistics — demography, disease burden, infrastructure, human resources and health finance

Publication HealthPublic finance India

New Delhi nonprofit supporting women, children and older people through education, skills, relief and community outreach

Organisation WelfareGender India, Delhi

Open platform for live, hyperlocal PM2.5 and PM10 readings from government, research and community monitors across India

Data source EnvironmentHealth India

The open-source foundation for mobile data collection — build forms, collect offline on Android, and manage submissions, used by field teams worldwide

Tool TechnologyHealth Global, India

Aggregated ground-level air quality from 150+ countries — harmonised, API-accessible, and far easier to work with than individual government portals

Data source EnvironmentHealth Global, India

Long-run global data on health, poverty, energy and emissions, with every chart downloadable and every source cited

Publication HealthClimate Global

Open-source visual workflow engine by UNICEF for building multi-channel messaging bots and surveys across SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram

Tool TechnologyHealth Global, India

Annual national road crash deaths, injuries, causes, vehicle types, and state-wise data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Data source TransportHealth India

Harmonised rural health facility, infrastructure and workforce statistics for every Indian state and union territory, 2005–2023

Dashboard HealthDemography India

Mental health research non-profit pioneering community-based task-sharing interventions across India and low-income countries

Organisation HealthDisability Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, India

NITI Aayog index on India’s Sustainable Development Goal progress with state-level comparisons and thematic dashboards

Publication WelfareGovernance India

Community health research non-profit pioneering low-cost maternal-newborn healthcare and tribal public health models in central India

Organisation HealthNutrition Maharashtra, India

Non-profit organisation working to improve maternal, child, and adolescent health and reduce gender-based violence in urban informal settlements

Organisation HealthNutrition Maharashtra, India

Official birth, death, fertility, infant mortality, life expectancy and cause-of-death statistics for India

Data source DemographyHealth India

FAO's annual flagship on hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity trends with country-level comparisons and outlook for policy

Publication AgricultureHealth Global, India

UNICEF periodic global review of child health, survival, education, protection and climate-linked risks

Publication HealthEducation Global, India

Sanitation progress across urban and rural India — toilet construction, ODF status, solid waste management, and swachhata rankings at city and district level

Dashboard HealthCities India

Sustainable waste management for public health.

Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka

Community-first rural development spanning health, nutrition, education, farm prosperity, and local governance across eight states.

Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh

The UN's official population estimates and projections for every country — age structures, fertility, mortality, migration, and urbanisation through 2100

Data source DemographyCities Global, India

The Human Development Index and its components, plus inequality, gender and multidimensional poverty indices by country

Data source WelfareHealth Global, India

Statistics on children and women — child mortality, nutrition, education, protection, and water and sanitation, by country

Data source HealthNutrition Global, India

WHO's health statistics repository — mortality, disease burden, health systems and risk factors by country

Data source HealthNutrition Global, India

WHO official global repository of health system indicators, risk factors, mortality and service access indicators

Publication HealthDemography Global, India

Thousands of survey microdatasets — household, business, and administrative surveys from the World Bank and partner organisations, many with India content

Directory EconomyDemography Global, India

Development indicators for every country back to 1960 — economy, poverty, health, education and infrastructure, with a documented open API

Data source EconomyDemography Global, India

Annual World Bank flagship with a theme-based deep dive on growth, institutions, infrastructure and human welfare

Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India

The World Bank's flagship annual publication since 1978 — each edition examines a specific aspect of development with data, analysis, and policy recommendations

Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India

High-resolution gridded population maps at 100 m — where people live, updated yearly, essential for accessibility, health, and infrastructure research

Data source DemographyHealth Global, India