The World Has Recognised ASHA Workers, But Has The Indian Govt?
By Kaisar Andrabi DELHI- Rita Baradhwaj, 42, a community health worker, was on her way to a newborn's house when she got a call from her colleague. "We have won an award from the World Health Organisation," the excited caller told her. A moment of delight was immediately followed by a question, "Will the government increase our wages now?" Her colleague had no answer. The call ended and Rita kept walking in the scorching heat to finish her first visit of the day in Sangam Vihar, a densely populated locality in South Delhi. On May 22, the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honor...