Avni Varia

Avni Varia

Digital health researcher, IntraHealth International

Avni Varia is a pharmacist who worked in the US and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. She has a strong interest in global health solutions.

Avni was a UNC-IntraHealth Summer Fellow in 2018 and is now a digital health researcher at IntraHealth International.

VITAL

Why Technology Isn’t Always the Answer in Global Health

We were so excited by the flashiness of the tools, we forgot our goal—to lower hypertension in Africa.

The Promise of Digital Health in the Fight against Noncommunicable Diseases

Could activity trackers help stem the global tide of hypertension?