141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Prakash Tyagi, MD

GRAVIS
Head Office
3/458, M. M. Colony
Pal Road
Jodhpur India 342008


Biographical Sketch:
Prakash Tyagi is a medical doctor and public health professional. He has been working in rural India for the last 10 years to promote healthcare and to link it with developmental initiatives. He leads an NGO called GRAVIS in India that works for the development of over 1 million people living in India. He has facilitated the setting up of a rural hospital, several small clinics and a cadre of over 500 Village Health Workers. He has presented his experiences in several conferences and has written a number of articles, documents and books on community healthcare.

Papers:
2037.0 Mine labourers welfare program: Providing water-availability, sanitation and health safety for sand-stone mineworkers in India