You know, when we talk about healthcare or education in rural India, we often hear words like access, infrastructure, or policy gaps. But behind all those buzzwords are real people—families, frontline workers, local entrepreneurs—doing the hard work of making things better, every single day.

Sometimes, change doesn’t come from just building more hospitals or schools. It comes from reimagining how services reach people—whether it’s a mother in a remote village choosing when to have her next child, or a young person stepping up to offer basic health support in their own community.

And that’s exactly what today’s episode is about.

We’re in conversation with Prachi Shukla, India Country Director of World Health Partners (WHP)—an organization working across India to tackle big challenges in creative, grounded ways. From family planning to rural education, and from supporting local health entrepreneurs to building tech-based solutions, WHP has done a bit of everything.

Discussion Highlights

🔹How telemedicine is transforming healthcare access in rural India

🔹Lessons from launching “TB Mukt Panchayat” at the grassroots

🔹What 36,000 sterilisation procedures taught WHP about scale and empathy

🔹Strategies to deliver respectful, safe reproductive health services to women