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Punjab Government Deploys 19,000 ASHA For Healthcare Scheme Access
Chandigarh, April 1 (IANS) Strengthening last-mile healthcare access, the Punjab government has activated the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activity) workers’ network to accelerate enrolments under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna (MMSY), with over 19,00
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Baby's Head Severed During Forced Home Delivery In UP, ASHA Worker Charged
A newborn baby boy's head got severed during delivery as an ASHA worker and a midwife allegedly forced the birth despite complications in Bulandshahr district, an official said on Tuesday.
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"Overburdened, Underpaid": Sonia Gandhi Seeks Pay Hike For Women Workers
Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday drew the attention of the Rajya Sabha to the ongoing distress faced by women workers implementing critical government programs, including ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons.
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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Increases Honorarium For ASHA, Mamta Workers
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a significant hike in the honorarium for ASHA and Mamta workers in recognition of their contribution to improving rural health services.
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Diamonds, Rs 10 Lakh: A Carefully Planted Lie Shattered Her Life And Sanity
The 36-year-old woman couldn't have known that she had just stepped into a psychological trap that would last for one and a half months - a trap so manipulative that it stripped her of not just Rs 4 lakh, but her own sense of self.
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Kerala ASHA Workers Cut Hair As Pay Hike Protest Enters Day 50
Leaders of the ongoing protest by Asha workers before the Kerala secretariat, intensified their stir by cutting their hair on Monday, the 50th day of their movement.
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ASHA Worker Allegedly Forces Daughter-In-Law To Miscarry Fearing 3rd Girl Child
Police here have registered a case against an ASHA worker and five others for allegedly forcing her pregnant daughter-in-law to miscarry over fear that a third girl child would be born, officials said on Wednesday.
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ASHA Worker Slaps Cop During Protest In Hyderabad, Detained
A woman healthcare worker slapped a cop in Hyderabad during a protest for a fixed salary hike to Rs 18,000.
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ASHA Workers Cheated Of More Than Rs 24 Lakh On Pretext Of Jobs: Cops
A man has been arrested in Maharashtra's Latur district for allegedly cheating four ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers of more than Rs 24 lakh by promising to get them jobs in the state health department, police said on Wednesday.
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Thousands Of ASHA Workers On Strike In Madhya Pradesh, Demand Salary Hike
Thousands of rural health workers are on an indefinite strike across Madhya Pradesh demanding a hike in their monthly stipend and permanent employment status.
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ASHA Workers' Struggle For Survival In Shadows Outside WHO Spotlight
Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vows Rs 10,000 Monthly For ASHA Workers If Cong Voted In
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of "insulting" the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and promised an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month for ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
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Maharashtra Announces Pay Hike, Covid Allowance For State ASHA Workers
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today announced that ASHA workers will get an increment of Rs 1,000 in their wages and Rs 500 as Covid allowance per month from July besides a smartphone.
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Track, Test, Treat: ASHA Workers Lead Covid Fight In Assam Villages
In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.
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Right Body's Notice To Centre, States On ASHA Workers' 'Poor Working Condition'
The NHRC has issued notices to the the centre and the states over allegations of "poor working conditions" of ASHA workers in the rural areas across the country, the rights panel said on Monday.
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Punjab Government Deploys 19,000 ASHA For Healthcare Scheme Access
Chandigarh, April 1 (IANS) Strengthening last-mile healthcare access, the Punjab government has activated the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activity) workers’ network to accelerate enrolments under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna (MMSY), with over 19,00
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Baby's Head Severed During Forced Home Delivery In UP, ASHA Worker Charged
A newborn baby boy's head got severed during delivery as an ASHA worker and a midwife allegedly forced the birth despite complications in Bulandshahr district, an official said on Tuesday.
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"Overburdened, Underpaid": Sonia Gandhi Seeks Pay Hike For Women Workers
Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday drew the attention of the Rajya Sabha to the ongoing distress faced by women workers implementing critical government programs, including ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and helpers, and community resource persons.
-
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Increases Honorarium For ASHA, Mamta Workers
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced a significant hike in the honorarium for ASHA and Mamta workers in recognition of their contribution to improving rural health services.
-
Diamonds, Rs 10 Lakh: A Carefully Planted Lie Shattered Her Life And Sanity
The 36-year-old woman couldn't have known that she had just stepped into a psychological trap that would last for one and a half months - a trap so manipulative that it stripped her of not just Rs 4 lakh, but her own sense of self.
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Kerala ASHA Workers Cut Hair As Pay Hike Protest Enters Day 50
Leaders of the ongoing protest by Asha workers before the Kerala secretariat, intensified their stir by cutting their hair on Monday, the 50th day of their movement.
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ASHA Worker Allegedly Forces Daughter-In-Law To Miscarry Fearing 3rd Girl Child
Police here have registered a case against an ASHA worker and five others for allegedly forcing her pregnant daughter-in-law to miscarry over fear that a third girl child would be born, officials said on Wednesday.
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ASHA Worker Slaps Cop During Protest In Hyderabad, Detained
A woman healthcare worker slapped a cop in Hyderabad during a protest for a fixed salary hike to Rs 18,000.
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ASHA Workers Cheated Of More Than Rs 24 Lakh On Pretext Of Jobs: Cops
A man has been arrested in Maharashtra's Latur district for allegedly cheating four ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers of more than Rs 24 lakh by promising to get them jobs in the state health department, police said on Wednesday.
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Thousands Of ASHA Workers On Strike In Madhya Pradesh, Demand Salary Hike
Thousands of rural health workers are on an indefinite strike across Madhya Pradesh demanding a hike in their monthly stipend and permanent employment status.
-
ASHA Workers' Struggle For Survival In Shadows Outside WHO Spotlight
Come rain, sun, hail or indeed a contagion, the band of women who form the bedrock of India's rural healthcare system slog on, anonymous, underpaid and mostly unsung until last week when the WHO honoured them for their efforts in controlling Covid.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vows Rs 10,000 Monthly For ASHA Workers If Cong Voted In
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of "insulting" the work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and promised an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month for ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
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Maharashtra Announces Pay Hike, Covid Allowance For State ASHA Workers
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today announced that ASHA workers will get an increment of Rs 1,000 in their wages and Rs 500 as Covid allowance per month from July besides a smartphone.
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Track, Test, Treat: ASHA Workers Lead Covid Fight In Assam Villages
In Assam's Jimirigaon village, Asha worker Kanika Rabha and nurse Rashmi Kachari are going door-to-door screening over 400 residents for Covid symptoms.
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Right Body's Notice To Centre, States On ASHA Workers' 'Poor Working Condition'
The NHRC has issued notices to the the centre and the states over allegations of "poor working conditions" of ASHA workers in the rural areas across the country, the rights panel said on Monday.
