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ASHA volunteers are health professionals linked with the Indian government who serve as the first point of contact in rural India.
Digital Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all ASHA employees on receiving the WHO Director-Global General’s Health Leaders’ Award on Monday, saying they are at the “forefront of ensuring a healthy India.”
PM Modi, who is in Tokyo for a two-day visit to attend the Quad Summit, took to Twitter to praise the WHO’s recognition of the one million all-female ASHA workforce.
PM Modi tweeted, “Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award. Congratulations to all ASHA workers. They are at the forefront of ensuring a healthy India. Their dedication and determination are admirable.”
On Sunday, the WHO recognized India’s one million all-women ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers for their “crucial role” in providing direct access to primary healthcare facilities in rural areas during its coronavirus outbreak.
“The Accredited Social Health Activist Workers (ASHA) are more than 1 million female volunteers in #India, honoured for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system and ensuring that those living in rural poverty can access primary health care services,” the WHO tweeted.
ASHA volunteers are health professionals linked with the Indian government who serve as the first point of contact in rural India.
“These health workers provide maternal care and immunization for children against vaccine-preventable diseases; community health care; treatment for hypertension and tuberculosis and core areas of health promotion for nutrition, sanitation and healthy living,” WHO said in another tweet.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed the six awards on Sunday, recognizing outstanding contributions to global health, demonstrated leadership, and commitment to regional health challenges.
Tedros Tedros choose the awardees for the WHO Director-Global General’s Health Leaders Awards.
Other prominent awardees included an Afghan team of polio vaccine workers who were slain by armed attackers in February of this year.
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