Aparna Hegde
OBGYN Surgeon | Transforming Healthcare Access in India
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Dr. Aparna Hegde is a pioneering OBGYN surgeon who founded ARMMAN, a nonprofit dedicated to improving maternal and child health in India.
With over 15 years of medical experience, she has spearheaded innovative digital health programs that have reached 3 million beneficiaries. Dr.
Hegde's work combines her clinical expertise with a passion for leveraging technology to deliver quality healthcare to underserved populations. Her keynotes share insights on scaling cost-effective solutions and empowering community health workers to save lives.
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The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions
Overcrowded clinics, extensive wait times and overworked doctors are taking a devastating toll on mothers and children in India. In this eye-opening talk, urogynecologist and TED Fellow Aparna Hegde exposes the systemic gaps that lead to preventable deaths every minute -- and introduces scalable, affordable and empowering tech solutions that improve maternal and child health outcomes, upend patriarchal family dynamics and save lives.
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Aparna Hegde at Aspen Ideas Festival 2022
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