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 workers admonish wily teenagers roaming without face masks during a screening survey for coronavirus in Pandav Nagar, New Delhi on June 26, 2020. By July 2020, authorities had begun a mammoth screening campaign covering all households to check people for signs of Covid-19. ASHA workers and staff from the civic bodies were drafted for screening and setting up new control rooms to coordinate measures.
