Dr. L. S. Chauhan, Deputy Director General - TB, Ministry of Health, Government of India signing on the Speak Up To Stop TB Campaign sign board standy as Dr. Nalini Krishnan, Director REACH, looks on.
Dr.L. S. Chauhan handing over a memento to a field staff, a gesture in appreciation of their ten years of work towards the fight against TB
- Dr. Ramya. Medical Director at REACH, briefing the audience on ten years of work at REACH
- Press release of the event in The Hindu
Press release of the event in The New Indian Express
Dr. Nalini Krishnan, Director, REACH walked down memory lane at the Clive Hall, Taj Coromandel Hotel, Chennai on February 19th at a gathering organized to signify the completion of ten years in TB care and control.
She spoke on how REACH was initiated with a team of three and how it has grown in number reaching out throughout Chennai and now into the districts also.
She used the occasion to thank all the people who had been instrumental in bringing REACH to this juncture.
Dr. Ramya took the audience through a detailed presentation of the work accomplished over the period of ten years.
The staff and management of REACH were felicitated for their years of dedicated service.
The occasion was also used to give out the REACH – Lilly MDR TB Partnership Award to journalists and students of journalism which is an initiative to encourage the media to report on Tuberculosis. .
The winners of the awards were Ms. Zubeda Hamid of The New Indian Express, Mr. Kounteya Sinha of The Times of India and Ms. Ramya Kannan from The Hindu.
A press kit for media proffessionals was also released on the occassion
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Anne Theresa Suresh Kumar
REACH Blog Team