NRHM ASHA and Anganwadi workers tracking system

Track ASHA health workers on field

The Govt. of India has decided to launch a National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to address the health needs of rural population, especially the vulnerable sections of society. One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist ASHA. The full form of ASHA is Accredited Social Health Activist.

ASHA will be trained to work as an interface between the community and the public health system. ASHA will be the first port of call for any health related demands of deprived sections of the population especially women and children who find difficult to access health services. ASHA caters to a population norm of 5000 but is effectively serving much larger population at the sub center level especially in EAG states with only about 50% MPW (M) being available in these states the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife is heavily over work which impacts outreach services in rural areas. In order to create awareness among the rural people about this problem and this problem and to help them Accredited Social Health Activist [ASHA] was formed.

Now a day’s Accredited Social Health Activist [ASHA] is becoming popular among rural population with its Reproductive and Child Health [RCH] activities and other health care programs. Therefore an attempt is made to study the role of Accredited Social Health Activist [ASHA] in improving the health needs of rural population.