Girija Sankar

Girija Sankar is the head of neglected tropical diseases at Christian Blind Mission (CBM) and served as the chair of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (2022-2023). 
 

Patients wait for treatment as a USAID-funded health awareness poster hangs behind them, at the Hossainpur Upazila Health Complex, in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.
Governance

The Discomfort of Working Ourselves Out of Global Health

by Girija Sankar

After 24 years, a public health worker grapples with questions of power, inequity, and purpose in global health