OPERATION ASHA NFP C/O ROB WEBSTER

OPERATION ASHA NFP C/O ROB WEBSTER Successful Model Expands to 8 countries Operation ASHA's World Bank Establishes That Detection And Treatment Of Tuberculosis In Operation ASHA Is Improving Disadvantaged Localities Communities Being Served “THE WORLD WILL LOSE MILLIONS OF LIVES AND OVER $4 TRILLION DOLLARS IN THIS DECADE DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS.” FACES OF TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis is the biggest infectious disease killer in the world, killing 1.5 million patients every year, much worse than HIV/ AIDS. 100,000 female TB patients are abandoned by families to die of abuse and starvation because of the stigma linked to tuberculosis 300,000 children leave school and join work force because they have to support parents suffering from tuberculosis Tuberculosis will cause economic loss of over $4 Trillion in this decade So, Operation ASHA has developed a new paradigm to eradicate tuberculosis from the world and prevent generation of drug resistant TB in line with the missions of the Indian Prime Minister, United Nations’ SDG Goal 3 and World Health Organization Operation ASHA’s paradigm to eradicate TB consists of the following key components Empower communities to build links with government and take care of themselves Remarkable mHealth technology applications for use by semi-literate and illiterate patients and workers Advocacy with governments to improve support for TB programs $100 (₹8000) DOLLARS WILL SAVE A LIFE DONORS HELPED OPERATION ASHA SAVE 23,000 LIVES LAST YEAR SAVE ONE MORE LIFEDONATE NOWStories from the Frontline Operation ASHA delivers the ‘elusive last mile at an extremely low cost’ Suffering in silence:…. . Operation ASHA in Cambodia: in Mekong Delta, which is flooded for part of the year OPERATION ASHA’S PIONEERING WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED WIDELY IN THE MEDIA & ACADEMIC JOURNALS. SOME OF THEM ARE GIVEN BELOW