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Topic: ASHA workers

ANMs unable to detect high-risk pregnancy, but here’s how Assam is fixing it: IAS officer

Aranyak Saikia - 23 February, 2022

UNICEF and Assam govt carried out a pilot project in some districts. The main objective was to understand the critical gaps in the state's sub-centres and ANMs.

Matilda Kullu — Odisha ASHA worker on Forbes list who battled Covid, superstition & casteism

Revathi Krishnan - 12 December, 2021

Kullu was recently featured on ‘Forbes India W-Power 2021’ list along with Amazon head Aparna Purohit & banker Arundhati Bhattacharya.

Over a million ASHA workers are teaming up with trade unions to seek higher wages

Shruti Srivastava - 2 December, 2021

Several ASHA workers said authorities who earlier assured them better wages, PPE and safe working conditions haven’t kept those promises despite a two-day stoppage last year.

With no routine check-ups or ASHA workers, UP’s Chitrakoot sees rise in home births during Covid

Jyoti Yadav - 9 August, 2021

District health department data shows there has been a decline in institutional deliveries. Officials cite pandemic, lockdown & vaccine drive as the reasons behind the drop.

Govt needs to take proactive role in dispelling any vaccine hesitancy

Shweta Shah - 13 January, 2021

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Why ASHA workers in UP’s Budaun were detained for taking pregnant women to private clinic

Simrin Sirur - 2 January, 2021

The ASHAs are accused of accepting gifts from a private nursing home and being part of nexus that has led to a low number of registered births in Budaun district.

40 ASHA workers detained in UP for taking pregnant women to illegally-run nursing homes

PTI - 28 December, 2020

The administration was informed that ASHA workers were also being given gifts as allurements for bringing more expectant mothers to these nursing homes.

Who should be first in line for India’s Covid vaccine? Lal Bahadur Shastri gave us a clue

Dr Anand Lakshman - 12 October, 2020

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that 250 million Indians would be covered with a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021.

ASHA workers are hailed as Covid warriors but only 62% have gloves, 25% have no masks

Agrima Raina - 21 September, 2020

While many Indians have shifted to work from home during the lockdown, ASHA workers are performing additional Covid duties apart from their regular tasks.

Over 10,000 healthcare workers tested positive across 10 states, UTs since Covid struck

Sravasti Dasgupta - 1 September, 2020

Doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, lab technicians and ASHA workers were among workforce that got infected. General practitioners & those in out-patient facilities were most vulnerable.

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Why China’s protests against Zero Covid won’t challenge Xi Jinping yet

Jyoti Malhotra - 5 December, 2022

Scholars and diplomats at the prestigious Institute of Chinese Studies conference discussed Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era last week. Here’s what they said.