For those who have never been given an opportunity to learn the assumptions of positions and shapes of internal organs is distorted.
When they find that the position of stomach and kidneys were not as they thought and learn the actual position, they are in utter joyous disbelief as seen in this training session of community health workers in Amrapara, Jharkhand
While being a simple intervention, this use of a miniature human body model has the potential to bring accessible health information to the doorsteps of many communities across India. This asks us to reimagine the way we talk to patients - to take steps to smash the information asymmetry and treat them as the rightful shareholders of knowledge.
Edited by Christianez Ratna Kiruba
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