Rural Health Workers Thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi For Higher Incentive

The Prime Minister appreciated ASHA workers for their skill and dedication and recalled that even Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had praised their efforts towards eradication of diseases such as Kala Azar, a severe parasitic disease.

Around 90 rural activists who work under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the increase in their incentives. Under the NRHM, the government provides villages with a trained female Accredited Social //Health Activist or ASHA.

According to the release, the Prime Minister recalled his interaction with the ASHA and Anganwadi workers across the country via video conference and appreciated them for sharing their experiences and personal accounts.

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‘ASHA activists shared some more accounts of how they had been instrumental in saving lives of poor mothers and children through timely intervention. ’

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Source-IANS

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