Alabaster International, outfitted with Direct Relief field medic packs and emergency supplies, traveled to treat patients in the country’s battered north.
After more than a quarter century, Samanthi Priyangika Dias still finds her work “fascinating”. She also wishes the contributions of public health midwives were better valued.
In Sri Lanka, dedicated health workers from the Mithuru Mithuro Movement go above and beyond to provide crucial HIV and syphilis testing services to sex workers, building trust and ensuring their safety.
The movie Out of the Shadows is about three Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) scientists from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sri Lanka, and follows their work to discover, develop, and deliver cures for patients who have lived in the shadow for too long.