Developing innovative approaches to community development through health and education in rural, marginalized areas in the Eastern Himalayas.
Darjeeling, India
Joined November 2011
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Our latest peer-reviewed paper is out highlighting a need for families to be active participants in the task-shifted mental health care teachers deliver to their elementary school students in @MansikSwastha
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#darjeeling #globalmentalhealth
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In our new paper, we find evidence for a new child mental health therapy, “education as mental health therapy” within @MansikSwastha , therapy only teachers can deliver using the one-on-one interactions they already have with students! @BroadleafHEA
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On Friday, Oct. 23 at 10 a.m., join the @UNCAsiaCenter's Modern Indian Studies Initiative for the third webinar in their “Resilience & Well-being through the Lens of the Pandemic" series. The next topic: "Mental Health: The Hidden Epidemic."
Details: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
"Individuals who received deworming as children experience substantial increases in adult comsuption, hourly earnings, nonagricultural employment, and urban residence."buff.ly/2XAJNG1
Broadleaf delivered #deworming to more than 500 children in rural Darjeeling in 2019.
Like the rest of the world, Darjeeling is slowly reopening. However, schools remain closed. Dates for reopening schools continually shift as the situation is constantly evolving. Read more in our August covid update: buff.ly/3287jfi
📸 Bal Sai Academy in #Darjeeling
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Parasitic worm infections pose a serious threat to children's long-term health, education, & productivity. Learn how #DewormtheWorld is partnering with governments around the world to provide 280 million+ children with deworming treatment: ow.ly/d2og50vOcO8 #BeatNTDs
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Co-author @dickinson_katie is one of the up-and-coming rockstars in our Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
This morning she'll be on a panel with @RepJasonCrow discussing the health impacts of climate change. Stay tuned for updates from that!!!
Jennifer Orgill-Meyer et al. study the long-term impact of a #community-led #sanitation project in #India
Read it here: bit.ly/2OWAkY3
#WASH #latrine
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Trained lay volunteers can provide #healtheducation, screening, and treatment that schools otherwise don't have the resources for, improving health outcomes for children in rural #India. @BroadleafHEA
Read more about this US-India collaboration: ucdenver.edu/academics/colle…
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Setting kids in low-income countries up for success requires identifying & scaling what works to support their health & education. Our #deworming & #safewater programs cost-effectively ↑ health+education outcomes & we continue to explore new models for improving child wellbeing
We were recently featured in the @TheDarjChron - thanks for covering our work with children's mental and behavioral health! thedarjeelingchronicle.com/o…
This doctor wants to make sure no patient is out of reach b-gat.es/2NlA67H?WT.mc_id=00… via @billgates
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We can't wait for the @HealersofIndia awards ceremony! #Health workers across rural #India will be celebrated for their #lifesaving work and #dedication - like the 4,000+ ASHAs that serve our #Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI)!
With your help in 2017, More than 400 women and girls participated in their first-ever women’s health fair. And 675 families received emergency food relief during a government shutdown in the region.
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With your help in 2017, more than 550 kids in the Eastern Himalayas received a total of over 11,000 hours of education on topics from hygiene to gender equality to nutrition.
De-worming: simple, powerful, and cost effective intervention: broadleaf.org/b/deworming--c… #impact #deworming
Congratulations to our partner @TeaboxInt @Kaushal_dugar on their latest financing round! They source tea directly from the estates themselves and have been committed to improving tea estate communities: techcrunch.com/2017/12/13/te…