By Safoora Hilal
Firdousa Jan grew up without a father and her mother, a farmer, was the sole earning member of the family. It was her mother’s dream that Firdousa becomes a healthcare worker. The resident of Kashmir won the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award earlier this year.
Firdousa Jan grew up without a father and her mother, a farmer, was the sole earning member of the family. It was her mother’s dream that Firdousa becomes a healthcare worker. The resident of Kashmir won the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award earlier this year.
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Between August 2022 and May 2023, Manjulata Maharana, an Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM), successfully assisted 105 women in Puri district give birth safely, in the absence of a doctor or a nurse. She received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2023 this June.
Between August 2022 and May 2023, Manjulata Maharana, an Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM), successfully assisted 105 women in Puri district give birth safely, in the absence of a doctor or a nurse. She received the National Florence Nightingale Award 2023 this June.
By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
In the many remote tribal villages of Bankura district in West Bengal, ASHA workers are the sole healthcare providers. These frontline workers go far beyond the call of duty to ensure timely medical care. Gaon Connection caught up with these custodians of rural healthcare.
In the many remote tribal villages of Bankura district in West Bengal, ASHA workers are the sole healthcare providers. These frontline workers go far beyond the call of duty to ensure timely medical care. Gaon Connection caught up with these custodians of rural healthcare.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other women do not suffer the same fate, she acts as an advisor, facilitator and a friend of local women and a key link between them and the Mahoba district hospital.
Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other women do not suffer the same fate, she acts as an advisor, facilitator and a friend of local women and a key link between them and the Mahoba district hospital.
By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
पश्चिम बंगाल में बांकुड़ा जिले के दूरदराज के कई आदिवासी गाँवों में लोगों के बीमार होने पर आशा कार्यकर्ता ही एकमात्र सहारा होती हैं। ये फ्रंटलाइन कार्यकर्ता अपनी ड्यूटी से कहीं ज़्यादा आगे बढ़कर काम करती हैं, ताकि लोगों को समय पर इलाज और दवाइयाँ मिल सके।
पश्चिम बंगाल में बांकुड़ा जिले के दूरदराज के कई आदिवासी गाँवों में लोगों के बीमार होने पर आशा कार्यकर्ता ही एकमात्र सहारा होती हैं। ये फ्रंटलाइन कार्यकर्ता अपनी ड्यूटी से कहीं ज़्यादा आगे बढ़कर काम करती हैं, ताकि लोगों को समय पर इलाज और दवाइयाँ मिल सके।