International Working Group for Health Systems Strengthening

To commemorate World Aids Day 2021, Siddharth Srivastava, an IWG member from the South East Asia Region, penned down a thoughtful blog post, drawing together 11 ‘lessons’ for Human Resource Management practices in Public Health that he derived from Avahan program director Ashok Alexander’s book entitled ‘A Stranger Truth.’ The book outlines the pivotal role of India’s sex workers in preventing the HIV epidemic, and how that was eclipsed by the sheer apathy that continues to surround one of the most stigmatised professions in the country. Take a look at the key lessons and full blog post below!