Welisou Mero, a PhD research scholar working under the supervision of Dr Renbeni Kikon, Assistant Professor, Department  of Economics, Nagaland University was awarded the Gavin Mooney Prize (named after the pioneering health economist who championed equity in healthcare and reshaped health policy thinking) for a paper titled “Assessing Public Healthcare Service Quality in Nagaland: Insights from a Case Study in Phek District” during the 13th Indian Health Economics and Policy Association Conference held at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh during 12-13 December 2025.

The paper was jointly prepared by the scholar with her supervisor.

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