Mothers of Mercy: Life of ASHA workers during the pandemic
World Health Organisation (WHO) recently honoured ASHA volunteers for their crucial role in the pandemic. Here's a tribute to India's one million, all-women ASHA volunteers who, through the pandemic, knocked on the doors of cramped urban jhuggis and isolated rural villages on foot to educate, vaccinate, and save lives as if they were their own
By: Madhu Kapparath
An ASHA worker administers polio drops to a kid during the door to door drive in Gurugram on September 27, 2021. In addition to Covid-19 duties, these workers performed their regular work, including assisting deliveries, immunisation drives, sterilisation camps and staffing the Public Health Centres.
