Women As A Powerful Solution to the NCDs Crisis As the seven billionth person came into this world on October 31, 2011, we at Arogya World can’t help but reflect… Read More

Elizabeth Nussbaumer writes for Arogya World on the theme of “food” for Blog Action Day 2011 (#BAD11): I never thought I would be a masters student aspiring to study food, food security, agriculture, and its intersections with health and international development. I’ve always loved to cook, and would call myself a “foodie.” At one point I even considered culinary school, but I want to go beyond all of that. To me food is an incredible nexus of food security (including a population’s access to food and the price of food), agriculture and nutrition, and I find remarkable how this all affects economic stability, the environment, health, and life.

This post was first published on Health Unbound. At one and a half years old, Arogya World is all grown up.  This September we took one giant step forward in… Read More

Arogya World announced today a major diabetes prevention mobile health (mHealth) commitment in India, during the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. This initiative, being implemented in association with Nokia, aims to reach one million consumers in rural and urban India over two years, and will raise awareness about diabetes and its prevention through text messages in multiple languages.

September 19, 2011, New York. Today, as world leaders gather at the United Nations for a historic health-focused summit to plan the world’s response to the growing burden of non-communicable… Read More

Though all people the world over are susceptible to the threat of these chronic diseases, this is a women’s health rights and empowerment issue because these diseases impact girls and women differently. At the same time, women are a crucial part of the solution to this crisis.

We did our part to prepare for the UN Summit, but did our elected representatives in governments around the world really do theirs? By not agreeing to final language about what the world should do to tackle NCDs, our public leaders broke our trust.

Americans by and large consume too much salt, more than twice the 1 teaspoon they should each day. But is reducing salt really good for your health? The answer is a resounding YES!

At the end of June, the Global Health Council NCD Roundtable sent a letter to President Obama, encouraging him to take a leadership role in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which cause two out of three deaths worldwide. Arogya World is proud to be one of the signatories to the letter, along with 92 other organizations, representing NGOs, academia and the private sector, all joining forces and asking the President to attend the UN high level meeting on NCDs in New York this September.

Over the last eight days those of us in the global health community have had much cause to believe, and we are also seeing big things happen.

On Friday June 17, Dr. Bill Foege, one of the luminaries in the global health world who is credited with doing more than anyone else to eradicate smallpox from the planet, spoke to Global Health Council conference attendees. Known for his remarkable insights into public health, successful coalitions and human nature, Dr. Foege did not disappoint. In fact, he was brilliant. He gave us the most remarkable message of the week – Sometimes you have to believe for things to be seen.