Arogya World wins the prestigious UN award for initiative against NCD

/ -- Arogya World is thrilled to be selected as a recipient of the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award. The award recognized Arogya World for its work in scaling up community-based delivery models to strengthen prevention and control of diabetes at the population level, across 19 states in India.

Expressing her views, Dr Nalini Saligram, Founder & CEO, Arogya World, said, "This is a proud moment for us, as Arogya World is the only non-profit working in India to receive this prestigious award. This is global recognition for the work that my team has been doing for more than a decade, working tirelessly on the prevention of NCDs at the population level in India. We thank Dr Venkat Narayan from Emory University for nominating us, and thank all our partners and supporters for helping us improve the health of millions of Indians throughout our vast country. This award spurs us on to do more, with a greater sense of responsibility, ..