Question

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

Answer 1

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).