Yasin Khan
Yasin Khan
Age: 28
Home Town: Norwalk, Connecticut
Education: Master of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Drexel University
Specific Field Interests: Occupational Health and Safety, Labor, Gender
Placement: Broadleaf - Darjeeling, West Bengal
Area of Focus: Public Health
Highlights: Yasin is excited to explore, live and work in West Bengal. Her goals are to gain a practical understanding of how to overcome structural inequality and provide sustainable public health services. Prior to AIF and after completing her MPH, she participated in an Urdu fellowship in Lucknow, India. She is excited to combine her Urdu/Hindi with Public Health.
Posts by yasinkhan
Open Source Platforms As A Path To Innovation
All data collection in DLRP/Broadleaf office is done on paper. Thousands of documents are wrapped […]
“Witches will find housing but mother’s of small children will not” And Other Nepali Idioms
बोकसीले बास पाउछ तर नानीको अमा पाउदैन। Boksile bas pouncha tara nani ko aama poundaina […]
The Social Determinants of Non-Communicable Diseases
The WHO defines the social determinants of health (SDH) as the conditions in which we are […]
Non-Communicable Diseases: Deconstructing the Leading Causes of Death Globally
My favorite project with DLRP/Broadleaf is to conduct a needs assessment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) […]
The Power of Narrative
This week I had the pleasure of getting to know two amazing people from Ummeed […]
Soy Beans and Self Reliance
Along with a group of other fellows, I attended the AIF Livelihoods Conference that was […]
Starfish Stories: AmeriCorps to AIF
In 2010, I joined AmeriCorps’ City Year program because I saw it as an opportunity […]
Delving into Darjeeling
As a first generation American Desi, I am intimately familiar with navigating a “third culture” […]
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