9 Must Know Facts About 19th U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy

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US Surgeon General-Vivek Murthy4. Murthy co-founded VISIONS Worldwide in 1995—

Murthy, when he was 18, while a freshman at Harvard co-founded the VISIONS Worldwide, a non-profit organization focused on HIV/AIDS education in India and U.S. As the president of the organization he established ten chapters with hundreds of volunteers and expanded his organization’s education program to reach 45,000 youth.

5. Vikek Murthy co-founded the Swasthya Project in Karnataka, India—

Swasthya Project is a community health partnership in Sringeri in Karnataka, which helps women to be health providers and educators to rural Indians. During his tenure with the organization, he established seed funding and helped expand research and direct care programs that reached tens of thousands of rural residents.

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