Can we conquer tuberculosis? | Shelly Batra | TEDxWBG

Shelly wants to end TB once and for all. She says it is an ancient scourge and a contemporary disaster. She talks about the simple and innovative model used by Operation ASHA to deliver TB treatments in remote areas and how this idea has been successfully scaled across India and to Cambodia and Uganda.

Dr. Shelly Batra co-founded Operation ASHA and has led the organization as President since 2005. Shelly was selected Social Entrepreneur for the year 2014 by the Schwab Foundation. She is an Ashoka Changemarker and a best-selling Penguin author. She is a highly renowned Senior Obstetrician and Gynecologist in New Delhi, India. Her dedication to ‘reaching the unreached’ started in 1991, when she went into the heart of the slums in Delhi, providing pro-bono life-saving treatment, operations, consultations, medicines and counseling. She is a powerful advocate for better policies in TB across the world.

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