Meet Our Outreach Workers At The Forefront of COVID-19 Response Shahid, an outreach worker in Kutchh district of Gujarat went door-to-door delivering antiretroviral (ART) drugs to 196 people living with […]Read More
BlogA new mother living with HIV receives life-saving medication
Anurag PaulSeema (name changed) recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy, a rare moment of joy for the family. The family is reeling under the lockdown as their financial condition […]Read More
Blog, StoryBreaking the chain of sexual oppression in the times of COVID-19
Anurag PaulRohan Mathews works as Clinic Manager for the Samarth programme of Alliance India in Bangalore. He identifies himself as a gender-fluid, pansexual person. He has been working with Samarth since […]Read More
Blog, Programme UpdateEnsuring health, nutrition and justice for marginalised women and girls in the COVID-19 response
Anurag PaulIn India out of the 8, 50,000 people who inject drugs (PWID), more than 80% of them were found to be sexually active with their female sex partners (FSP). Of […]Read More
BlogAlliance India’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring HIV services for the key population during the lockdown period
allianceindiaRecently, Alliance India’s Samarth programme responded to an urgent situation and saved a person from a tragic fate. Samarth is a community-led programme on HIV screening and treatment linkage for […]Read More
BlogAlliance India’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring essential services for the people who use drugs
allianceindiaIn the first week of April, Alliance India convened a virtual meeting involving public health experts from Delhi (AIIMS) and Punjab (Mental Health Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) […]Read More
BlogWe must feed our own communities during the lockdown
allianceindiaCommunity participation key to fighting pandemic: WHO expert, Times of India, 17th April, 2020 Dipika Thakur is a transgender activist residing in the North-West district of Delhi. She works with […]Read More
Programme Update, StoryA friend in need is a friend indeed
Anurag PaulOften, we hear a lot of negative stories of police in print, electronic and social media, especially during this lockdown period. At times, however, they are extremely supportive. These champions […]Read More
BlogSave lives, no matter the circumstances!
Anurag PaulIn Mizoram (a state in northeastern India), drug use has gone up to alarming levels. The recent study, “Assessment of standards of care in services for people who use drugs […]Read More
StoryCharity begins at home but shouldn’t end there!
Anurag PaulGuddu aka Aarti who turned 25 this year lost her mother during her early years after which her father had remarried. There are seven members in her family. Aarti is […]Read More