When the World Health Organization (WHO) recently awarded India’s Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) for their outstanding services, it was an opportunity for the representatives of the 1.4 ...

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), who have been agitating in front of the Secretariat for the past 36 days under the banner of Kerala ASHA Health Workers’ Association (KAHWA), laid siege to ...

The agitation launched by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) demanding higher remuneration seemed to have reached an impasse on the 18th day of the agitation on Thursday (February 27), with ...

T'puram: Labour minister V Sivankutty said the strike by a section of ASHAs was politically motivated. He also requested cultural leaders to understand the reality. The minister said ASHA scheme was ...

The protesters have demanded a hike up to ₹21,000 with respect to adherence to daily wage rates. The agitating ASHAs also want a retirement lump sum of ₹5 lakh for those exiting the profession Kerala ...

NEW DELHI: Around 250 ASHA workers or Accredited Social Health Activists, who form the backbone of India’s health schemes, are special guests at the 76th Republic Day Ceremony on Sunday. To ...

The ASHA or accredited social health activist programme in India is one of the most celebrated community health worker schemes in the world. Launched in 2005,it now has close to 1 million workers and ...

Thousands of frontline healthcare workers in southern India's Kerala state, who have been holding demonstrations for the past month seeking better pay and recognition, have vowed to continue their ...

On 22nd May 2022, at the 75th World Health Assembly, India’s Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHAs) received the WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders Award. The award recognised the ...