Watch Sabin's "Getting to Zero" Episode: The Power of Listening to Local Voices with Dr. Abhay Bang

Published on December 15, 2024

"Go to the places where nobody wants to go.” For renowned physician and global public health pioneer Dr. Abhay Bang, the power to affect change and make a difference at the community level comes from listening to local voices and working from the ground up. In this episode of “Getting to Zero” with Sabin’s Anuradha Gupta, he shares some of the powerful lessons learned over 40 years of working with hundreds of villages around the Gadchiroli district in central India.

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