Accredited Health Activists (ASHAs) and Health Status of Villagers

Indian government launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 to "address infirmities and problems across primary health care and bring about improvement in the health system and the health status of those who live in the rural areas. One of the core strategies proposed in this mission was to create a village level social activist, designated as ASHA for every village and she is expected to create awareness on health and its determinants, mobilize the community towards local health planning and increase utilization of the existing health services. During 2008 this scheme is implemented in the all districts of Maharashtra State. There are total 2773 ASHA are working in the Kolhapur district. To provide medical care to villagers their role is very important. Since from beginning community Health Workers are playing important role to provide public health services to the people from rural India. The present book made an attempt to study the role of ASHAs in the improvement of health status of villagers in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra State, India.

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Doktor Pratibha B. Desai, magistr sociologii, UGK-NET (sociologiq), SET (sociologiq) i doktor filosofii (sociologiq), rabotaet docentom na kafedre sociologii w Uniwersitete Shiwadzhi, Kolhapur. (shtat Maharashtra, Indiq). Specializaciq awtora - gender i obschestwo, sociologiq razwitiq, zdrawoohranenie, narodonaselenie i sel'skaq sociologiq.