Have you produced a fund raising video? I have. I did my first production over the weekend in Phnom Penh and Takeo Province, with help from a Singaporean professional photographer/videographer (Mr Tay Eng Huat) who offered his skills pro bono.…
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…
I have a theory. That your life is worth as much as what you have in the bank. If that's true, how does that work out in Cambodia where one third of the population lives on less than USD1/day? The…
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…
Written by Audrey Markoff for Microsoft, New England Research and Development center blog. In Boston we don’t think aboutTuberculosis (TB) often, if at all. Like most Americans, you were probably vaccinated, but the scary truth is no one is exempt from…
Written by Bill Thies, Researcher, Microsoft Research India for their blog. In India, I have seen first-hand the faces of those stricken by tuberculosis (TB), one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Every year, 9 million people contract TB and here in…
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…