Me

I’m a 2011 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) PULSE participant. The GSK PULSE Partnership program, launched in April 2009, is an initiative that gives employees an opportunity to use their professional skills and knowledge during a three or six month immersion experience within a non-profit or non-governmental organization (PULSE Partner) to make a sustainable difference for communities and patients in need. For more about the PULSE program: http://www.gsk.com/community/pulse

For the next 6 months, I’ll be working with Direct Relief International (DRI), a non-sectarian, non-profit, disaster relief and health assistance organization located in Santa Barbara, California, USA. DRI provides medical goods to institutions and organizations serving those affected by poverty, natural disasters, and civil unrest throughout the world. DRI currently works in partnership with hospitals, clinics, and non-profit organizations throughout the United States as well as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. My time with DRI will be focused on exploring the feasibility of establishing a National Charitable Medicine Foundation in India to increase access to medical products for people in India. For more about DRI: www.directrelief.org

Sunday, December 18, 2011

More From the visit to Prasad Chikitsa




On our way over..1 hr from Bombay..Green things live!
Construction Lady
Construction Zone
Strip Mall on the side of the road
Painting on the wall


Promoting Murung Leaves as a dietary supplement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera)

The Lab

Patient Records

Anti-Retro-viral storage

More medicines

Prescription guidelines

Pharmacy

allocating drugs

Picture labels - literacy is a challenge especially in these rural areas

Labeling Liquids

Awareness posters - mostly to combat myths of HIV transmission

The guru -- his followers run this clinic in service to him

More gurus

FHC - Family Health Center gardens

Physician pointing out the region serviced by the clinic

Welcome Rangoli for us

Sonali :)

Me..

Sign at the entrance to the building section DRI donated

Patients awaiting health care at the adjoining Clinic for general medicine

Mr Ayer, "relaxing" (!?) on the dentist chair

Eye examination

Eye examination room

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