Girija Sankar

Girija Sankar, is the head of Neglected Tropical Diseases and MERLA at Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) and served as the chair of the NTD 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