Accredited Social Health Activists

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ASHAs – ‘Global Health Leaders’ to the WHO but Less Than ‘Workers’ in India

Banjot Kaur 04/10/2022

Banjot Kaur in conversation with ASHA workers from 20...

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Health Workers Can Be Critical in the Campaign Against Domestic Violence

Swagata Yadavar 27/04/2022

ASHA workers, a key cog in India's health system,...

Oubreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near Bengaluru

How India’s Bad Death-Records Got in the Way of Its Pandemic Response

Disha Shetty 02/09/2021

Far fewer deaths are certified in rural areas like...

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Meet Mejim Dususow, an ASHA Surviving at the Margins of India’s Health System

Julee Jerang and Nandini Velho 09/05/2019

Mejim Dususow has 20 years experience being a dai...

Three babies in an incubator at the Nashik Civil Hospital. Credit: Varsha Togalkar

Infants Are Dying in Nashik – and There’s a Host of Systemic Issues to Blame

Varsha Torgalkar 15/09/2017

From inadequate infrastructure in local hospitals to accredited social...

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Poor Training, Meagre Pay Impede India’s Army of Health Workers

Prachi Salve and Swagata Yadavar 16/05/2017

Accredited Social Health Activists are considered to be voluntary...

Mother playing with child, Jodhpur

In India, Better Access to Contraception Is Key to Reducing Maternal Deaths

Ulla Müller and Shumon Sengupta 11/04/2017

On National Safe Motherhood Day (April 11), a look...