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'''Meharban Singh''' is an Indian [[pediatrician]], [[neonatologist]] and [[medical writer]], who has published on child care. He was WHO consultant on Newborn Care in South-East Asia for longtime. He has served for more than 3 decades in [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]]. He was president of the [[Indian Academy of Pediatrics]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=IAP-Past office beares |url=https://iapindia.org/iap-past-office-bearers/ |website=Indian Academy of Pediatrics |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>

==Positions held==
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting an award, at the 45th Institute Annual Convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), at AIIMS, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting lifetime achievement award, at the 45th Institute Annual Convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, at AIIMS, in New Delhi, in 2018.]]

Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |last1=AIIMS, New Delhi |title=Ex-faculty of Pediatrics |url=https://aiims.edu/en/2014-12-11-06-20-18/paediatrics_ex_faculty.html |website=All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> He has also been a visiting professor of pediatrics at various institutions{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}.

Singh was formerly the director of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan during 1979–83.<ref>https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/105/1/160/65663/Health-Care-for-Children-in-Afghanistan?redirectedFrom=fulltext</ref>

Secretary-General and President of the National Neonatology Forum of India and President of the [[Indian Academy of Pediatrics]].<ref>https://iapindia.org/list-of-iaps-presidents/</ref>

==Medical writer==
He is a medical writer and teacher who has published 10 books on various aspects of Pediatrics and Neonatology, 40 chapters in Pediatric textbooks, 5 Monographs on various aspects of Neonatology, and over 325 research papers, reviews and editorials in National and International Medical Journals.

===Books authored===
* A Manual of Essential Pediatrics (Second edition, 2013), Theme medical and scientific publishers, Noida, ({{ISBN|978-93-82076-29-2}}).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Satinder Aneja |title=A Manual of Essential Pediatrics: Meherban Singh |journal=Indian Journal of Pediatrics |date=July 2014 |volume=81 |issue=7 |page=741 |url=https://www.academia.edu/36828759 |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>
* Care of the Newborn (Revised eighth edition, 2017), CBS publishers and distributors, New Delhi ( {{ISBN|978-81-239-2588-2}})<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Wv9qDwAAQBAJ&q=meharban+singh Care of the Newborn in Google books complete view.]</ref>
* Drug Dosages in Children (along with Ashok K. Deorari, Tenth edition, 2019) CBS publishers and distributors, New Delhi ({{ISBN|9789388902663}})
* Essential Pediatrics for Nurses (Third edition, 2014), CBS publishers and distributors, ({{ISBN|978-8123924489}})
* Medical Emergencies in Children (Fifth edition, 2018), CBS publishers and distributors, ({{ISBN|978-8123928982}})
* Medical Quotations (2009), Sagar publications, New Delhi ({{ISBN|978-8170820321}})
* Pearls of Wisdom and Art of Living (2009), Sagar publications, New Delhi.
* Pediatric Clinical Methods (Fourth edition, 2011), Sagar publications, New Delhi. ({{ISBN|81-7082-060-X}})<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ashok Kumar Dutta |title=Book entitled Pediatric Clinical Methods: Meharban Singh (ed) |journal=Indian Journal of Pediatrics |date=October 2011 |volume=78 |issue=10 |page=1301 |doi=10.1007/s12098-011-0462-5 |s2cid=67883015 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241027811 |access-date=20 June 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The art and science of baby & child care : a complete book on parenting.

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