Vineeta Rastogi (August 4, 1968, in Silver Spring, Maryland – December 6, 1995) was an American

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activist, public health worker and Peace Corps Volunteer in Democratic Republic of the Congo. She attended University of Maryland, Harvard School of Public Health and had been accepted at

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for a Ph.D. when she was diagnosed with cancer. When the disease was terminal she started the Vineeta Foundation to continue her life's work. She was a delegate to Cairo's

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, Yokohama's

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and Asian-American Conference at White House. She was co-chair of the "Violence and Human Rights" Conference and a founding member of Young Indian-American Forum. She was an Albert Schweitzer Urban Fellow and Award-winner (for outstanding Public Health student).

Legacy

Today the foundation that bears Rastogi's name is a major force in public health and human rights, both domestically and globally.

References

External links

Vineeta Foundation
* Colman McCarthy'
column in the Washington Post about Rastogi
1968 births 1995 deaths American HIV/AIDS activists Deaths from oral cancer American Hindus American health activists University of Maryland, College Park alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni American expatriates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo American health professionals of Indian descent American politicians of Indian descent 20th-century American people 20th-century American women {{US-activist-stub