Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, MBBS, FCAMS a recipient of the Royal Order of Sahametrei awarded by the Royal Government of Cambodia for his dedicated and distinguished humanitarian work in HIV and public health in 2008, the Karmaveer Purushkaar in 2009 by the Indian Confederation of NGOs (ICONGO) for his decade long HIV work. He graduated from North Eastern Regional Medical College, Manipur and a Postgraduate Fellow of the Christian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vellore. Trained in medicine, HIVAIDS, Applied Psychology has and experience of over twenty years as a clinician, a HIV specialist, an educator and an activist for universal access to treatment and fight stigma and discrimination. He passionately promotes professionalism and combined compassion as crucial component in the care and support for people, especially those living with HIV and AIDS. He dedicated his medical career, personal life and resources to promote positive changes in the basic attitude and perception within societies to combat the devastating epidemic.
Dr. Thangsing’s career in HIV management started in 1990, he provides clinical and psychological care for patients and advocate for the rights of people with HIVAIDS. He established AIDS care programs in Manipur in 1993 and help set up the first AIDS Care home in Delhi in 1998. He extend his expertise and associate himself with agencies, organizations often wearing diverse portfolio - as a Specialist, a Consultant, Medical Director, Trainer, Activist and advisor for non-profit organizations or for profit organizations in Asia. He heads HIV Programs for International organizations such as Project Concern International as its Director. He collaborates with UN agencies; with pharmaceutical companies to build capacity and improve treatment skills of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure delivery of high quality care services through committed compassionate care methods. He established Agency for Community Care and Development (ACCAD) in 1999 and initiated a network of physicians providing HIV care services - ‘AIDS Care Physicians Alliance’ (ACPA), AIDS Care Treatment Coalition and started the ‘The Touch of Hope Foundation’ in 1993. He serves on various Boards and Committees, forums and is a Trustee at the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), an Advisory Board Member of Mainline Holland, Member of the Board of Ethical committees such as the LRS Institute of TB and Allied Chest Diseases, Asia Pacific NeuroAIDS Consortium, Asia Pacific Pediatric HIVAIDS Consortium, Member of the Editorial Board of American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), advisory committee of UNITAID.
His clinical expertise is widely recognized and he connects with patients and clients and e-consults, writes and contributed on medical issues, HIVAIDS, sexual health, preventive medicine, safe sex behavior for national dailies and magazines including Marie Claire. He is keen photographer and The US Embassy showcase his work “Photos of Hope” exhibiting at the American Center and consulates in 2006 and released his music video “Song of Hope” at the US Embassy American Center, New Delhi.
He was the Asia Pacific Bureau Chief of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, USA’s largest non-profit AIDS organization and established centers that delivers cutting edge HIV clinical care and support services in six countries Viz. Cambodia, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Nepal working in partnership and collaboration with governments, national and international non-governmental organizations. He also served as the Chief of International Affairs, of Access Quality International 2010 - 2011 based in Thailand. He excels in program design, development of strategic plans, establishing programs ensuring its effective and efficient implementation, maintaining quality, monitor and evaluate comprehensive healthcare treatment programs to help strengthen healthcare systems. He manages complex multinational, multidisciplinary healthcare projects across multi sectoral, multi cultural groups working with multi-sectoral agencies including UN, Ministries of Health and Civil societies in the Asia Pacific region.
His excellent cross-cultural communication and interactive skills help establish and create a strong partnership with major stakeholders that contributed to enhancing effective response and secure high impact results in the battle of the HIV epidemic. He help established over 30 AIDS care centers in Asia providing life saving medical services to over 30,000 people living with AIDS.
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The Touch of Hope Foundation (THF) today, operates in northeastern India and provides comprehensive medical and psycho-social care and support services to over 1000 people living with HIV and AIDS, reached over 3000 family member of those infected and affected. The foundation also initiated Hope projects that provide educational support for children infected and affected by HIV, livelihood support for AIDS widows and affected families and conducts research studies in HIV. THF reaches out to over 100,000 people though its awareness programs. The Foundation is a registered non – profit, humanitarian non-governmental organization in India.
Contact:
Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing
The Touch of Hope Foundation
902/Gh7, Orchid Gardens, Suncity, Sector 54, Gurgaon 122002
cthangsing@touchofhopefoundation.org
www.touchofhopefoundation.org
(+91) 9818270687(Mobile)
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