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ASHA Workers' Struggle For Survival In Shadows Outside WHO Spotlight
Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.
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Track, Test, Treat: ASHA Workers Lead Covid Fight In Assam Villages
In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.
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182 Pregnant Women Found Covid+ In 4 Days During Punjab Home Survey
182 pregnant women have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Punjab in the last four days of household screening by ASHA workers in the state. Health Minister Balbir Sidhu said that ASHA workers have surveyed 24.7 lakh households covering th
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Over 160 Doctors, 107 Nurses Lost Lives Due To COVID-19 In India
COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday.
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In COVID-19 Battle, Mumbai's Army Of Women Also Fight Discrimination
Just a few months ago, thousands of people stood in their balconies, clapping and banging pots and pans, to show gratitude towards the health workers fighting the pandemic. But on the ground, many of them face discrimination over the fear of the spread of the highly contagious virus.
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"Scared Of Infecting Our Children": Delhi COVID-19 Warriors On Strike
India's frontline coronavirus warriors - ASHA workers - are up in protests in Delhi and Haryana. While 20,000 ASHA workers of Haryana have been on strike since August 7, 6,000 workers in Delhi have been on strike since July 21. They have two demands - better safety gears and proper wages.
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India's Army Of 600,000 Virus-Hunting Women Health Workers Goes On Strike
They helped eradicate polio in India and reduced the number of women dying during child birth. But the country's catastrophic coronavirus outbreak, now the third-largest in the world, has pushed its all-female army of contact-tracing health workers to breaking point.
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Karnataka ASHA Workers On Strike, Demand Fixed Pay, PPEs Amid Pandemic
Karnataka government's frontline Covid workers ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists, started a statewide protest today saying they would only return to work when their demands - Rs 12,000 fixed salary, PPE kits and state assurance to care for family's health - are met. While the strike jeopardises Karnataka's efforts to contain the spread of...
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Odisha To Conduct Door To Door Health Screening For Coronavirus
In a bid to ensure COVID-19 testing of all symptomatic persons and close contacts of people infected with the novel coronavirus, ASHA and ANM workers have been tasked to conduct door to door health screening in Odisha.
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3-Month Insurance Cover To Maharashtra Gram Sevaks For COVID-19 Fight
The Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for three months to gram sevaks and gram vikas adhikari (village development officers) for fighting against COVID-19.
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Asha Workers Allegedly Manhandled During COVID-19 Survey In Karnataka
In another incident of health staff involved in coronavirus containment facing trouble, two ASHA workers were allegedly manhandled at Kudachi in Belagavi district in Karnataka on Tuesday while undertaking a survey following detection of four COVID-19 cases with Tablighi links in the area, police said.
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ASHA Workers' Struggle For Survival In Shadows Outside WHO Spotlight
Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.
-
Track, Test, Treat: ASHA Workers Lead Covid Fight In Assam Villages
In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.
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182 Pregnant Women Found Covid+ In 4 Days During Punjab Home Survey
182 pregnant women have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in Punjab in the last four days of household screening by ASHA workers in the state. Health Minister Balbir Sidhu said that ASHA workers have surveyed 24.7 lakh households covering th
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Over 160 Doctors, 107 Nurses Lost Lives Due To COVID-19 In India
COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday.
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In COVID-19 Battle, Mumbai's Army Of Women Also Fight Discrimination
Just a few months ago, thousands of people stood in their balconies, clapping and banging pots and pans, to show gratitude towards the health workers fighting the pandemic. But on the ground, many of them face discrimination over the fear of the spread of the highly contagious virus.
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"Scared Of Infecting Our Children": Delhi COVID-19 Warriors On Strike
India's frontline coronavirus warriors - ASHA workers - are up in protests in Delhi and Haryana. While 20,000 ASHA workers of Haryana have been on strike since August 7, 6,000 workers in Delhi have been on strike since July 21. They have two demands - better safety gears and proper wages.
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India's Army Of 600,000 Virus-Hunting Women Health Workers Goes On Strike
They helped eradicate polio in India and reduced the number of women dying during child birth. But the country's catastrophic coronavirus outbreak, now the third-largest in the world, has pushed its all-female army of contact-tracing health workers to breaking point.
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Karnataka ASHA Workers On Strike, Demand Fixed Pay, PPEs Amid Pandemic
Karnataka government's frontline Covid workers ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists, started a statewide protest today saying they would only return to work when their demands - Rs 12,000 fixed salary, PPE kits and state assurance to care for family's health - are met. While the strike jeopardises Karnataka's efforts to contain the spread of...
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Odisha To Conduct Door To Door Health Screening For Coronavirus
In a bid to ensure COVID-19 testing of all symptomatic persons and close contacts of people infected with the novel coronavirus, ASHA and ANM workers have been tasked to conduct door to door health screening in Odisha.
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3-Month Insurance Cover To Maharashtra Gram Sevaks For COVID-19 Fight
The Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for three months to gram sevaks and gram vikas adhikari (village development officers) for fighting against COVID-19.
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Asha Workers Allegedly Manhandled During COVID-19 Survey In Karnataka
In another incident of health staff involved in coronavirus containment facing trouble, two ASHA workers were allegedly manhandled at Kudachi in Belagavi district in Karnataka on Tuesday while undertaking a survey following detection of four COVID-19 cases with Tablighi links in the area, police said.
