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
ASHA worker Reena Jani accepts her neighbour’s help—a ride to Mathalput Community Health Centre. As a frontline health worker, Jani was one of the early Indians to get inoculated against Covid-19 virus. She had heard rumours of serious side effects from the vaccine and was filled with fright. “If something happens to me, what will my children do?" Jani asked.
