Physician and chief medical officer at the Albright Stonebridge Group —founded by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright — in Boston, Mehul Mehta’s work over the last 23 years has spanned across 33 countries, developing new hospitals, reforming existing healthcare delivery systems, building medical educational institutions and establishing research ecosystems. Over the past year, Mehta has steadily done his bit to counter the “pandemic of misinformation” through a regular Covid update with groups of around 50-100 participants in India. He spoke to Anjuli Bhargava about the second wave of the pandemic, how the US managed its vaccine rollout better