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ASHA in "A" stands for?
1. Accredited
2. Actor
3. Accesary
4. Automised

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : Accredited

Explanation:

ASHA

  • India’s Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) program was established by the National Rural Health Mission in 2010.
  • Aim of ASHA is to improve health outcomes—particularly among women and children—and to reduce geographic and socioeconomic disparities.
  • ASHAs are recruited and trained to work in their own communities as health activists, educators and providers of basic essential services.

Responsibilities of ASHA workers

  • Identifying and registering new pregnancies, births, and deaths.
  • Mobilizing, counselling and supporting the community to demand and seek health services.
  • Identifying, managing, or referring cases of illness.​
  • Supporting health service delivery through home visits, first-aid and immunizations sessions.
  • Maintaining data and participating in community-level health planning.
  • Arrange escort/accompany pregnant women & children requiring treatment/ admission to the nearest pre-identified health facility i.e. Primary Health Centre/ Community Health Centre/ First Referral Unit (PHC/CHC /FRU). 

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