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Blog, UncategorizedFeelings of a community representative during the COVID-19 induced lockdown

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It was all of a sudden when we came to know on 23rd March 2020 that from next the morning- “You can’t go out, you can’t have access to public […]Read More

11
June
2020

Blog, UncategorizedAlliance India’s harm reduction programme ensures the welfare of women who use drugs registered with our programme in Kapurthala, Punjab

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The women-centric harm reduction site at the Kapurthala Civil Hospital, Punjab since the start of the lockdown had initiated the implementation of take-home doses of Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) to […]Read More

3
May
2020

Blog, UncategorizedThey keep the wheels turning

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Meet Our Outreach Workers At The Forefront of COVID-19 Response Shahid, an outreach worker in Kutchh district of Gujarat went door-to-door delivering antiretroviral (ART) drugs to 196 people living with […]Read More

29
April
2020

Blog, UncategorizedEnsuring health, nutrition and justice for marginalised women and girls in the COVID-19 response

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In India out of the 8, 50,000 people who inject drugs (PWID), more than 80% of them were found to be sexually active with their female sex partners (FSP). Of […]Read More

22
April
2020

Blog, UncategorizedAlliance India: Emerging Challenges of COVID-19 and Community Action

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On 24th March, the Government of India directed a national lockdown for 21 days in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus. The unprecedented situation has left the poor and […]Read More

11
April
2020

Blog, UncategorizedInternational Transgender Day of Visibility: Visibility Matters!

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31st March is observed as ‘International Trans Remembrance Day’ across the globe to voice transgender issues, salute transgender leaderships and engage in policy reforms towards creating an enabling environment. In […]Read More

1
April
2020

Blog, UncategorizedAn Exercise in Health Advocacy: Training on Health Budget

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The Health Financing and Budget Planning Meeting was organized by the India Working Group for Health Advocacy (IWG) in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada on 13th February 2020 […]Read More

24
March
2020

UncategorizedA Transwoman’s struggle to live her life with dignity

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Rupa is a resident of Thallarevu, a village situated a few kilometres away from Kakinada. She was a familiar face in the Linkages drop-in-centre (DIC) and would visit almost every […]Read More

20
November
2019

UncategorizedCommunities Help Build Communities

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The government of India has been implementing test and treat policy for HIV Programme in India wherein those who test positive for HIV are initiated on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment […]Read More

15
November
2019

UncategorizedUjwala – a field visit that awakened my thoughts on life

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It was a dingy, narrow lane with small doors on either sides opening to small houses. This was in a colony in Delhi. Sitara ji, a veteran representative of the […]Read More

30
October
2019

UncategorizedHow far have we come?

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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol “The face of the young woman was covered […]Read More

20
February
2019

Blog, UncategorizedWorld Health Day

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#HealthForAll Every Child Matters It was a cold New Year’s Eve. I was cramped between an eight-month-old infant and her 5-year-old brother, acquainted only in the last eight hours, in […]Read More

7
April
2018

Blog, UncategorizedDrug overdose is not anybody’s choice

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I was working on a programme back in 2007 in the eastern part of the country that was focused to prevent harm among the people who inject drugs (PWID) and […]Read More

5
September
2017

Advocacy, Blog, UncategorizedDreams do come true!

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Scared and troubled over my health, I would take ten to twelve pills a day. Those were the old days of desolation, circa 2006, when I had just learnt that […]Read More

29
March
2017

UncategorizedHridaya – Impact Assessment Report

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17
December
2015

Blog, UncategorizedRemembering Dr Suniti Solomon, a Pioneer in India’s HIV Response

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Dr Suniti Solomon, the Founding Director of YRG CARE and a board member of India HIV/AIDS Alliance passed away peacefully on July 28 2015, in Chennai. Dr Solomon’s experience covered […]Read More

28
July
2015

UncategorizedGive a Gift of Love: Better Health For HIV+ Adolescents

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Alliance India’s year-end fundraising appeal supports our growing efforts to improve health among HIV-positive adolescents in India and increase their social wellbeing by providing them livelihood opportunities. Learn more here. […]Read More

16
December
2014