By Sandeep Ahuja | CEO
Dear Friend,
"TB is the child of poverty", so said eminent Nobel Laureate Reverend Bishop Desmond Tutu.
This #GivingTuesday, let us think of those who are less fortunate, who urgently need health and hope and dignity. TB patients are amongst the poorest of the poor. Apart from a debilitating illness, they suffer great indignities and economic loss.
It entirely through your support that OpASHA is now able to serve more than 18 million people in India and Cambodia, where we carry out TB detection and treatment of thousands of patients annually. It’s all because of you that we have established our presence in Tanzania, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Afghanistan as well, in difficult geographies and war-torn countries.
There is an urgency about our work, as you, our supporters and donors will understand very well. Of the 10.9 million people who fall sick of TB each year, 4 million go missing. An immediate need is to scale operations to identify and treat these missing patients, who are often marginalized and live in hard to reach areas.
Please donate now to support vulnerable TB patients. With your support, the fight goes on.
OpASHA media mentions:
OpASHA launched a jingle on World Tuberculosis Day this year, sending across the message that TB is curable. You can listen and download the full TB Jingle in Hindi and in English.
You can also watch the TB Jingle launch video here.
Watch the live acoustic unplugged version of the TB jingle here
You can follow Operation ASHA on Facebook and Twitter.
You can also follow OpASHA CEO Mr. Sandeep Ahuja(@sandeepahuja12) and President Dr. Shelly Batra (@shells1857) on Twitter.
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