 Prasanna Saligram has been involved actively with AID for the past 8 years. He helped organize the first AID India Conference and worked on the Hundred Block Plan (HBP) in Tamilnadu. After a brief stint in Germany, he returned to India to work with the People's Health Movement, a global alliance that of health networks and activists that works to promote the participation of people and people's organizations in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of all health and social policies and programmes. He served as the Communications Officer for the People's Health Assembly held in Cuenca, Ecuador in July 2005. Prasanna coordinated a campaign opposing amendments to the Indian Patent Act. He has played a significant role in explaining the impact of these amendments to AID volunteers and the community at large. Since 2005, Prasanna has been working with AID India on a full-time basis. He coordinated tsunami relief efforts from Bangalore, especially some medical camps. Currently, he is working on a comprehensive health Ppogram in some blocks in Karnataka, a sustainable agriculture project in some villages near Bangalore and other AID activities. |