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May 2013-A Key Month for NCDs

June 11th, 2013

By Nalini Saligram The last few weeks have marked a period of great advances in global health. First there was the historic 66th World Health Assembly, where the famous Omnibus… Read More

Living a Healthy Life inside the Beltway

May 15th, 2013

This post was written by Kyu-Ri Lee, Arogya World intern. It’s been a pleasure to work with Kyu-Ri, and we congratulate her on her recent graduation from Cornell University. We… Read More

Fighting diabetes in India using text messages

May 13th, 2013

This article, by Thea Joselow, head of digital and social media at Arogya World, was originally published on May 10, 2013, as a Sponsor’s Feature in the Bupa Partner Zone on the Guardian Sustainable… Read More

Bringing It Close to Home

May 7th, 2013

Kyuri Lee is currently a senior majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society and minoring in Global Health at Cornell University. In my recent work as an intern at Arogya… Read More

Fun Indian Cooking Classes Raise Diabetes Awareness

May 2nd, 2013

Pramela Bhat, enthusiastic Arogya World supporter, recently hosted Indian cooking classes in Florence, Italy. In addition to preparing healthy and delicious Indian dishes such as egg curry and spicy cauliflower, attendees learned… Read More

Urging Gates Foundation to Confront NCDs as a Global Health Priority

May 1st, 2013

Guest author Ebele Mogo, President of the Engage Africa Foundation, writes that non-communicable diseases not only cost the developing world trillions in dollars every year but also undermine all the great strides that have been made in fighting diseases, strengthening the health system and alleviating poverty.

Diabetes at an Early Age

March 28th, 2013

Kyuri Lee is currently a senior majoring in Human Biology, Health, and Society and minoring in Global Health at Cornell University. Recently, my TweetDeck has been flooded with more news articles… Read More

Arogya World and Nokia India engage One Million people for mDiabetes through Nokia Life service

March 20th, 2013

Bangalore, 20 March 2013. Arogya World and Nokia India today reported that they have enrolled one million people into mDiabetes, the groundbreaking diabetes prevention mHealth initiative in India. As part of mDiabetes, an ongoing Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment and one of the first and largest programs of its kind in the world, alerts have been sent in 12 regional languages, informing Nokia mobile phone users in India about diabetes and its prevention with lifestyle changes.