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
Leaving their vehicle behind upon finding the road blocked by a landslide, healthcare workers—with two blue vaccine boxes slung over their shoulders—trek to remote villages on a vaccination drive near Malana in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, September 14, 2021. ASHA workers are neither doctors nor nurses, but they are trained to bridge the healthcare gap where such services are hard to reach.
