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Dr. Geeta Sodhi is an activist and the founder and director of Swaasthya Trust, a nonprofit organization that works on women’s and children’s health issues. She is a medical doctor and holds a postgraduate degree in child health, and was a senior program adviser to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2001-2003). Swaasthya specializes in innovative, community-based programming on sexual and reproductive health and operates in numerous states in India including Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.