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Dr Kiran: ”Dear friends, the Asha team and volunteers have been working exceedingly hard to convince those eligible to take the vaccine. They accompany them to the nearest vaccination center. One one hand there is vaccine hesitancy around myths and superstitions, and on the other hand, there is a shortage of vaccines. Many vaccination centers…

Dr Kiran, “I remember one day I was in Trilokpuri slum community. It was in the year 1991. A woman who was in labor was brought to my clinic. She was bleeding heavily and was in shock. I learnt that she had been given an injection of oxytocin by a local quack to hasten labor.…

Dr Kiran: “Hello friends, yesterday was World Health Day. The improvements in health of those placed under Asha’s care over the years have been dramatic. I think we have a lot to celebrate as we think of what has been achieved. 4 out of 5 children were not only malnourished, but had protein and micronutrient…

Dr Kiran: “I remember in the early years of Asha I would see so many young children with deficiency of the vital mineral Zinc, something that is extremely rare in Western countries. The diet of these young children was highly deficient in Zinc, which is mainly found in seafood, meat, poultry, nuts and seeds, milk…