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Shelly Batra, MD

About Shelly Batra, MD
MD (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

President, Operation ASHA
New Delhi, India and Chicago, USA

Senior Specialist(Obstetrics and Gynecology), Advanced laparoscopic Surgeon

Best-selling Penguin Author of 2 books ,' 20 Minutes to Total Fitness', and 'The Intimate Self, a book of women's sexual health'. Newspaper Columnist and media person.

Ashoka Changemaker (Patients│Choices│Empowerment Competition ), 2010

Mary E Shannon Memorial fellow, 1976

Abdullah Haji Omar Fellow, 1979

Recepient of Exemplary Contribution Award, Indian Medical Association, 2009, 2010

ABOUT OPERATION ASHA:-

* Serving 5 million disadvantaged urban and rural persons in 16 cities in 7 states of India, and 450,000 in Cambodia.Our community based TB treatment centers are situated deep in slums, for patinet convenience.

* Centers operate from temples and small shops, within the community for long hours from early in the morning till late in the evening providing free treatment and counseling to nearly 8000 patients each year.

* All the patients belong to under-served areas most of whom would otherwise go untreated because they do not have access to any other center that operates at a convenient time.

*Awards and recognitions

1.Operation ASHA was declared as one of the most successful Public-Private Partnership in health in a report presented by the UN Secretary General.

2.Has been elected as a member of the Board Board of the Stop TB Partnership, an affiliate of the World Health Organization.

3. Has won the India Development Marketplace Award of the World Bank

4. Govt of India award for exemplary performance in treating and preventing tuberculosis.

5. Spirit of Humanity Award from Americares, India,

6.the mBillionth Award and Manthan Award for Innovation in Mobile Health Technology..

Operation ASHA in the news:-

Operation ASHA has appeared on Nightline and ABC World News, Times of India, The Economist White Paper on “Healthcare in Asia' and Worldview, NPR, Chicago

. Also on the websites of the World Bank, Guardian, The Governance of Knowledge- India, Wall Street Journal, National Bureau of Asian Research, nextbillion, CNS Stop-TB Initiative website, Center for Health Market Innovations ,University of Chicago

OTHER WORK :-
I have been carrying out probono medical consultation for needy slum dwellers since 1991. Also, provision of free medicines arranged through pharmaceutical companies, and free medical tests arranged in collaboration with like-minded persons, for thousands of patients every year. I have also been carrying out 60-70 surgeries annually free of charge for disadvantaged patients since July 1988.

* Involved, since 1991, with Free Patient Department of Batra Hospital and Medical Research Center, in New Delhi, India, which is run for the benefit of poor patients; work includes free consultation and counseling

(Source: http://s01.opasha.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128)

Role(s) / Profession(s)

Administrator (CEO, COO, President, Executive)

Organization

Operation ASHA
Website: http://opasha.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: India About: Operation ASHA is dedicated to bringing tuberculosis treatment and health services to the poorest of the poor in India’s urban slums and rural villages. OpASHA is an NGO based out of Delhi, India. We are among the world’s largest NGOs in tuberculosis treatment and prevention, making these services available to more than 6.1 million people who have little access to basic healthcare, let alone medicines to treat TB. With treatment centers established in more than 3000 slums and villages in India and Cambodia, our team plans to expand to other regions of the developing world afflicted with TB, and help other organizations fighting TB adopt our methods and technology. “Tuberculosis is a scar on the face of the earth,” says Dr. Shelly Batra, president of Operation ASHA. TB is a scar we will heal together with our partners, supporters and you, we can achieve that goal by the UN Millennium Development Goal’s deadline: 2050. OpASHA has taken TB treatment to the doorsteps of 4.5 million living in disadvantaged areas, in over 1500 villages and slums spread across two countries: India and Cambodia. OpASHA has developed an e-DOTS system, which tracks every dose taken by a patient and further improves results.

Work Location(s)

Cambodia
India

Language(s)

English
Hindi

Shelly's Communities

Recent Contributions

Shelly Batra, MD replied to "2012 mHealth Summit: Where Technology, Business, Research and Policy Connect." in the Health IT community.

Dear All, The annual mHealth Summit is an absolutely brilliant event. The lectures are insightful, and key note speeches a revelation. I had been invited for the past 2 years to present papers/posters each year on Operation ASHA's technology initiative, using biometrics to minimise default. this year, I shall be ...
Shelly Batra, MD started a discussion "Default leading to Drug Resistance". in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Dear All, I would appreciate if someone could send me a few articles which show the link between poor compliance and/or default with development of Drug Resistance. Thanking you, Dr Shelly Batra, MD President. Operation ASHA www.opasha.org
Shelly Batra, MD replied to "transmission of medication monitor record with simple cell phones" in the Health IT community.

Dear Andy, I established Operation ASHA in 2005, and started TB education, active case finding, DOTS expansion and default tracking, in 2006. We have established a low cost, high impact scalable and replicable model, empowering local communities to serve their needs. Now Operation ASHA serves more than 6 million slum-dwellers ...
Shelly Batra, MD replied to "transmission of medication monitor record with simple cell phones" in the Health IT community.

Dear Jehan, I would like to share Operation ASHA's technology initiative with you, for inclusion in your paper. Together with Microsoft Research, we have developed the E-Compliance initiative, where each patient, on enrollment has to give his fingerprints, which are 'saved' in the netbook at the DOTS centre. each time ...
Shelly Batra, MD replied to "Issues and threats of Tuberculosis in Nepal" in the TB Infection Control community.

Great discussion. After 6 years of working in tuberculosis treatment in India, we at Operation ASHA have found the exact same issues here, particularly MDR & XDR-TB. In India, the eCompliance biometric initiative is turning a lot of heads for reliably stopping drug default. It would be incredible to see ...

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