Dr Chithra Babu is a public health professional, Program Manager, and Maternal and Child Health specialist with extensive experience in leading community-based health programmes across primary and secondary care settings. She has strong expertise in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), programme planning and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and health systems strengthening. Her work focuses on translating public health evidence into effective, scalable interventions, strengthening service delivery at the grassroots level, and improving access, quality, and continuity of care for women and children through data-driven and community-centred approaches.