India’s Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) program was established by the National Rural Health Mission in 2010 with an aim to improve health outcomes—particularly among women and children—and to reduce disparities by working in their own communities as health activists, educators and providers of basic essential services. While evidence has found ASHAs to have several positive impacts, these community health workers face a number of challenges...read more

Categories: Maternal Health The Global Maternal Health Workforce

Topics: Barriers to Health Care Access Community-based Care Education Facility-based Births Family Planning Health Systems HIV & AIDS Human Resources for Health Inequities & Inequalities Male Involvement Maternal and Newborn Health Integration Monitoring & Evaluation Newborn Health Policy & Advocacy Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Quality of Care Social Determinants