The following remarks were presented on April 21st in plenary at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs in New York. Namaste! My name is Charanjit Sharma and […]Read More
Action, BlogUnited Nations, Divided on Drugs
asaxenaVienna hosted the 59th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a high-level commission convened by the UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) to discuss drug policy reform. […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogUnfinished Business for Transgenders in India
asaxenaToday, it is two years since the historic Supreme Court of India NALSA judgment, which acknowledged transgenders and Hijras of India as Third Gender, thus giving legal recognition to this […]Read More
Action, BlogA Day to Remember
asaxenaOn my recent visit to Alliance India, two of my colleagues, Abhina and Mona, kindly took time out of their busy schedules to introduce me to two community-based organizations (CBOs) […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogFind TB. Treat TB. Together We Can End TB.
asaxenaOne in three people worldwide are infected with tuberculosis (TB). The risks of HIV-TB co-infection among PLHIV dramatically increases as dormant TB infection turns active and becomes life-threatening. Extra-pulmonary TB […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogTB-HIV Collaboration in India
asaxenaTB-HIV Collaboration in India India is extremely vulnerable to tuberculosis (TB), as out of the 2.1 million people living with HIV, 110,000 are co-infected with TB (Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, […]Read More