Creative expression through music for the holistic development of children with communication disorders is part of the Special Use of Music for Educational Readiness and Upbuilding (SUMERU) initiative of the Department of Special Education, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing in Mysuru, Karnataka. (Photo: Anshu Shekhar Roy/ © WHO India)

Trained audiologists and ENT surgeons assessed the ear and hearing health 1,200 students in four schools in Mysusu under an All India Institute of Speech and Hearing initiative supported by WHO. (Photo: Anshu Shekhar Roy/ © WHO India)

A pre-schooler with hearing impairment undergoing speech and listening therapy. Over 1.5 billion people live with ear problems and hearing loss globally; another one billion are at risk of hearing loss from unsafe listening practices. (Photo: Anshu Shekhar Roy/ © WHO India)

An auxiliary nurse midwife from Community Health Centre Kanubari, Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh, vaccinates a baby in a makeshift immunization clinic for women and children in the hard-to-reach Chopnu village in Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh. WHO National Public Health Support Network (NPSN) provides technical and monitoring support to strengthen routine immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases to the Government of India with special focus on strengthening services in hard-to-reach areas. (Photo: Sanchita Sharma / © WHO India)