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Vaccine awareness needs to go far beyond people like us Photo: AFPPremium Radha Khan Share Via A news item in the The Indian Express caught my eye last week. It reported that in Gurugram, Haryana (where I live), the local district authorities are worried by an uptick in the number of covid cases and are planning to intensify and ramp up the government’s ongoing vaccination drive. The aim, according to the report, is to increase the number of hospitals administering covid vaccines. However, a closer look at this ‘ramping up’ shows just how skewed the approach is: five hospitals have bee...

An ASHA worker distributing medicines   | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Foot soldiers of the war against the pandemic, the women workforce have been toiling hard to ensure the safety and health of people under their care On March 27, 2020, when the country was in lockdown, Saira Beegum went into labour. Subhakumari S, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker from Chavara in Kollam, stepped in to make arrangements for a safe delivery. As Shahina Bilal turns one, Subha is as excited as her parents, Bilal and Saira, migrant labourers (called ‘guest labourers’ in Kerala) from ...

Share Kathua: Deputy Commissioner, Kathua. Om Prakash today released Evaluation Study on Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) of Nagri and Billawar medical blocks of the district conducted by District Statistics & Evaluation Office, here at DC Office Complex. District Statistics & Evaluation Officer (DSEO), Ranjeet Thakur, DIO, NIC Sourab Bhandari and other staff members of DSEO Office were present during the release Ceremony. As per District Statistical and Evaluation Officer, the data was collected from 512 beneficiaries and 20 Knowledgeable/Prominent persons and Asha Workers of the twin blocks, by...

Home  »  Website  »  Outlook Spotlight  »  Ziqitza Healthcare Limited Believes That Leprosy Is Curable And That Leprosy Stigma Should End Once And For All Ziqitza Healthcare Limited Believes That Leprosy Is Curable And That Leprosy Stigma Should End Once And For All Modern technology and treatments have made leprosy a little less scary and with timely intervention can be cured, says Dr Santosh Datar from Ziqitza Healthcare Limited. 04 February 2021 outlookindia.com 2021-02-04T17:40:51+05:30 World Leprosy Day is being observed on January 30, 2021, and we ...

ASHA workers demand release of dues Updated: Updated: Increase in budget allocation, better working conditions on their wish list Share Article Increase in budget allocation, better working conditions on their wish list Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers staged a protest at the Gandhi Statue near the GVMC office on Thursday, demanding an increase in the budget allocation under National Health Mission (NHM) by the Centre, and payment of the additional allowance of ₹1,000 for the lockdown period as promised. Scores of ASHA workers participated in the protest raising slogans in s...