We are honored to be one of 10 finalists for the 2014 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The award is given by the Drucker Institute, which is closely aligned with the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA. Arogya World was chosen for its mDiabetes program,… Read More

A report on our July 11, 2014 event hosted by Arogya World to present preliminary findings of our global survey of 10,000 women Meet Amelia. She lives in Chuburna, Mexico, and suffers from both hypertension and diabetes. Complicating this struggle is the fact that she is the caretaker of her aging parents—a mother who is… Read More

by Nalini Saligram This post was originally published on The Huffington Post on July 9, 2014. I am the mother of two beautiful young women, and what I want more than anything else is to help them, to the best of my ability, put their best foot forward in life. My wish for them —… Read More

Gearing Up to Mark UN Review on NCDs In just a few weeks, the much-anticipated three-year review on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is taking place at the United Nations in New York. As the world takes stock of the progress made since the historic UN Political Declaration  on NCDs was issued in 2011, we at Arogya… Read More

Arogya World held its annual event on May 17th at The Golden Triangle, an art and antique shop in Chicago. The sold-out crowd heard remarks from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, and celebrated the organization’s remarkable recent progress. Also present were U.S. Congressman Dan Lipinski and Indian Consul General Dr…. Read More

Arogya World is pleased to be part of the Every Woman Every Child community, and commits to educating 10,000 middle school children (6-8 grades; 11-13 years old), over the next five years, in India, on diabetes (type 2) and it’s prevention with lifestyle changes. We will use our proven two-year Diabetes Awareness and Prevention program, with 10 age-appropriate… Read More

On March 30, a large group wellness enthusiasts gathered in Arogya World Founder & CEO Nalini Saligram’s home in Chicago to learn more about Arogya’s accomplishments in the past year and to meet Dr. Robert Kushner, who runs the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Kushner believes in the power of lifestyle… Read More

By Humsini Aarakali Four people from Arogya World – India-based Healthy Workplace consultants Bala Aryan and Dr. Geeta Bharadwaj, a US board member Dr. Seema Bhatia, and US volunteer Humsini Arakali, recently completed the National Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach training course in Atlanta. The training was conducted by the Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center… Read More

This post was written by Kyu-Ri Lee, Arogya World intern. It’s been a pleasure to work with Kyu-Ri, and we congratulate her on her recent graduation from Cornell University. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors. See Arogya World Advocacy and Communications Internships  for internship details and application information. As my semester… Read More

This article, by Thea Joselow, head of digital and social media at Arogya World, was originally published on May 10, 2013, as a Sponsor’s Feature in the Bupa Partner Zone on the Guardian Sustainable Business website. Read the original here.  Reaching one million people with text messages about diabetes, Arogya World is creating a new model for health education… Read More