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Legal awareness is necessary for women: Kerala Women’s Commission member

Kerala Women's Commission member Indira Raveendran urges ThrissurWomen to gain legal awareness to resist gender violence. A seminar was held by the commission in association with Guruvayur Municipality to discuss topics such as 'Atrocities and women's safety' and 'Cyberspace and family'. Speakers included Aneeshma Shanoj, Sheeja Prashant, K.P.N. Amrita and…

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Number of medical colleges doubled in India in 9 years: Health Minister Mandaviya

Govt. doubled med. colleges in 9 yrs; building 1 Critical Care unit in every district. Inaugurated regional cancer centre, new med. college, nursing college, 8 modular OTs & other facilities. Aim to develop NEIGRIHMS as institute of nat'l importance.

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A vaccine wheel in Uttar Pradesh helps ASHA workers track newborn immunisation

ASHA worker Kumari is satisfied with her work efficiency, thanks to the immunization wheel, a job aid developed and funded by the Clinton Foundation. It helps calculate dates for childhood vaccinations quickly, allowing health workers to spend more time talking to parents about the benefits of vaccines. Training is imparted…

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Karnataka Health Department launches doorstep eye care programme in Chickballapur district

The State Health Department, in collaboration with the National Program for Control of Blindness, on Friday launched a transformative initiative - Asha Kirana - Eye Care at Your Doorstep — in Chickballapur district. This programme will be extended to cover Kalaburagi, Haveri, and Chamarajanagar districts from September 4.

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Helping the world during and after COVID has established India as a friend to the world: PM Modi

As part of the celebrations, fifty nurses along with their family members from across the country were invited as special guests to witness and participate in the celebrations.

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India declared target-free family planning in ’96, but UP districts still ‘target’ mass sterilisations

Sikha, a 27-year-old farmer from Shivpur village in Varanasi, does not want a third child. But since her husband has refused to get a vasectomy, Sikha has been taking contraceptives which trigger side effects – her medical complications have not allowed for a sterilisation surgery.

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Panneerselvam urges T.N. government to invite ASHAs for talks on pay hike

Expelled AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam on Sunday, June 25, 2023 urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to invite the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), who staged a protest on Friday, June 23, for talks and provide them a consolidated pay of ₹15,000 a month.

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Pink visits popular restaurant for a curry ahead of huge UK stadium gig

She became the latest in a list of celebrities to have visited the popular eatery

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Restaurants and bars with offers and deals over the King's Coronation weekend

Grab everything from special cocktails to free puppucinos to celebrate the King's coronation

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Distribution of nutrition kits to pregnant women to begin in 9 districts

Minister for Health Harish Rao wants improvement in OP services at PHCs

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Climate change, salinity and menstrual health problems: Sundarbans women battle triple whammy

Women in the area are also battling skin diseases such as eczema and infected sores due to prolonged exposure to saline water.

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Harish flays Governor’s remarks on public healthcare

‘Public health in TS is far ahead than in BJP-ruled States’

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The Manchester pubs, bars and restaurants paying tribute to the Queen

The city's hospitality scene has joined the outpouring

Manchester Evening News

166 houses damaged, ASHA killed in rain-related incidents in Ballari, Vijayanagara districts

The overflowing Tungabhadra flooded farm fields and destroyed standing crops downstream along its course

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Initiative to promote reusable menstrual products in Nagawala village in Mysuru

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Andhra Pradesh: Padmanabham mandal in Visakhapatnam district selected for implementation of family doctor concept on a pilot basis

Health Department officials conduct training for the staff at PHCs, ASHA workers, ANMs and MLHPs in the mandal

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Stolen infant found, Koduvayur couple held

The infant had been stolen from the General Hospital at Pollachi

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‘All is lost’: Floods in India’s Assam leave trail of destruction

With homes and fields submerged, people forced into camps on roads, forests and markets are facing hunger and diseases.

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A video on India’s ASHA workers, who recently won WHO’s 2022 Global Leaders Award.

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These female health-care workers won a huge WHO honor. They'd like a raise, too

India's all-female task force of community health-care workers won the World Health Organization's Global Health Leaders Awards. But instead of recognition, some want a better salary and benefits.

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A case for community-oriented health services

The recent global recognition for India’s ASHAs should be used as a chance to iron out the challenges in the programme

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Explained | All about India’s ASHA workers, recipients of WHO’s Global Leaders Award

Currently, there are around ten lakh ASHA workers across the country

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Sex determination: Odisha police turn heat on husbands

11 men who took their wives to the illegal centre to be proceeded against under PC and PNDT Act

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WHO honour for ASHA worker

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Serving those who serve: On WHO honour for ASHA workers

Health workers need better remuneration and safety guarantee, not just awards

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