After traveling about 65 km from Gwalior city into its interior villages, I found myself in a completely different place. Compared to the hustle bustle of the city, these villages have no roads, electricity, big buildings, malls, or schools. The…
Operation ASHA started working in extremely disadvantaged remote areas of Gwalior populated by indigenous/tribal people, in May 2013. OpASHA is serving a population of 50,000 and is treating 179 TB patients. Recently, our Senior Officer visited the field, where he…
If anytime you will walk into OpASHA’s headquarters, you will find a lean and fair lady working with her eyes set on computer amongst many busy faces. You talk to her and you will know how cheerful and confident she…
The World TB Day campaign is focused on individuals around the world who have found new ways to stop TB and can serve as an inspiration to others. The idea is to recognize people who have introduced a variety of…
Several months after graduating college with a bachelors degree in Political Science I decided to take a chance and take up a one year contract with a renown Indian Tuberculosis NGO called Operation ASHA. I was so excited, finally I had an opportunity to…
Also published on iCats Fellow Community Blog. Author’s Note: This is the first post in series of two blog posts on floating centers of OpASHA in Cambodia Long ago, Cambodia was under water, except for a small island with a tree…
This World TB day, Operation ASHA was honored by the city of Bhopal for its outstanding work in Tuberculosis treatment and prevention of MDR-TB. The DTC ended the World TB Day program by organizing a ‘Samapan aur samman samahroh’, where…