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Authors Name: Kavita Bhatia

Community health worker programs in India: a rights-based review

This article presents a historical review of national community health worker (CHW) programs in India using a gender- and rights-based lens. The aim is to derive relevant policy implications to stem...

On 06 Apr 2018

Impact of the Draft Central Labour Codes 2017 on CHWs in India

Ashas, the lowest rung of contracted full-time community health workers, face irregular pay and lack social security. Will the draft Central Code on Labour enable their regularization and a fixed wa...

On 14 Jun 2017

Stakeholders' Engagements with the Community Health Worker: The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)

In India the Community Health Worker has long been a part of health care services for rural populations across the voluntary sector. As far as India?s public health sector is concerned, Community Heal...

On 27 Jan 2017

Regularisation of ASHAs: Only One Gap to be Bridged for United Action

The Second National Workshop on Informalisation of Employment in the Health Sector organized by the Public Services International (PSI), Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) and United Nurses Union (UNA) took p...

On 15 Dec 2016

Regularisation of Contract Workers and Asha Volunteers in the National Health Mission : A Statement

It is the multi-layers of health providers that make health care possible. It is therefore important that we address the job security of the workers in the National Health Mission.

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