Alaka Deshpande

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'''Alaka Keshav Deshpande''' is an Indian medical doctor and social worker known for her work towards AIDS patients. She worked at [[JJ Hospital]] Mumbai and in 1990, started the first HIV OPD (Out Patient Department). She established and headed the [[Anti-Retroviral Therapy]] (ART) section from 2003-04 till 2011. She was noted to have not taken any salary for this tenure from the hospital. In 2001, she was presented with [[Padma Shri]], India's 4th highest civilian honour.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

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[[Category:Indian health activists]]
[[Category:Indian women social workers]]
[[Category:Indian women medical doctors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Maharashtra]]

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