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PM Modi expresses happiness on the entire team of ASHA workers getting WHO Director-General's Global Health Leaders' award
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has expressed his happiness for the entire team of ASHA workers receiving WHO Director-General's Global Health Leaders' award.
Modi said that ASHA workers are at forefront of ensuring a healthy India and their dedication and determination is admirable.
In response of tweet by World Health Organisation, the Prime Minister tweeted: "Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the @WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award. Congratulations to all ASHA workers. They are at the forefront of ensuring a healthy India. Their dedication and determination is admirable."
The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Workers are more than one million female volunteers in the country, honoured for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system and ensuring that those living in rural poverty can access primary health care services.
Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the @WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders’ Award. Congratulations to all ASHA workers. They are at the forefront of ensuring a healthy India. Their dedication and determination is admirable. https://t.co/o8VO283JQL
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2022
ASHAs worked to provide maternal care and immunization for children against vaccine preventable diseases, community health care, treatment for hypertension and tuberculosis, and core areas of health promotion for nutrition, sanitation and healthy living.
The Accredited Social Health Activist Workers (ASHA) are more than 1 million female volunteers in #India, honored for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system and ensuring that those living in rural poverty can access primary health care services #WHA75 pic.twitter.com/pC4eWC8rzy
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 22, 2022
"ASHA - means 'hope' in Hindi. These health workers provide maternal care and immunization for children against vaccine-preventable diseases; community health care; treatment for hypertension & tuberculosis and core areas of health promotion for nutrition, sanitation and healthy living," the World Health Organisation said in a tweet.
The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced six awards to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues.
Dr Tedros himself decides on the awardees for the World Health Organization Director-General’s Global Health Leaders Awards.
The ceremony for the awards, which were established in 2019, was part of the live-streamed high-level opening session of the 75th World Health Assembly.
"At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented convergence of inequity, conflict, food insecurity, the climate crisis and a pandemic, this award recognizes those who have made an outstanding contribution to protecting and promoting health around the world," said Dr Tedros.
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