ASHA WORKERS
🩺 ASHA WORKERS
ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Workers are community-based women health workers functioning as part of the National Health Mission (NHM). They serve as an important link between the community and the public healthcare system and play a crucial role in bringing health services to women, children, pregnant women, postnatal mothers and other sections of the community.
🎯 Main Objective
The main objective of ASHA Workers is to ensure easy access to health services for people at the village and ward levels and to promote better health and well-being.
They work to improve the health status of the community through health awareness, primary care, timely referral, maternal and child healthcare, disease prevention activities, and coordination of various government health programmes at the local level.
They work to improve the health status of the community through health awareness, primary care, timely referral, maternal and child healthcare, disease prevention activities, and coordination of various government health programmes at the local level.
✓ Main Duties
- Assist pregnant women and postnatal mothers in accessing necessary health services and provide guidance on birth preparedness, safe delivery, breastfeeding and childcare.
- Promote immunisation of children and support families in ensuring that children receive the required vaccination services.
- Conduct health awareness activities regarding nutrition, sanitation, healthy lifestyle practices and disease prevention.
- Provide awareness about family planning services and assist people in accessing the required services.
- Help connect people with government health services such as Anganwadi centres, sub-centres and Primary Health Centres.
- Provide basic primary care for minor illnesses and emergency situations and refer patients requiring further treatment to appropriate healthcare institutions.
- Report information regarding communicable diseases and unusual disease outbreaks to the Health Department and participate in preventive activities.
- Provide necessary assistance in collecting and reporting birth and death information.
- Assist in the implementation of health surveys, government health programmes and local health activities.
- Coordinate health activities in cooperation with local health systems, including the Village Health and Sanitation Committee.
👩⚕️ ASHA Worker Information
| Sl. No. | Name of ASHA Worker | Ward No. | Mobile Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bindu Murali | 1 | 9061116304 |
| 2 | Bindu Chenthamara | 2 | 9847854298 |
| 3 | Vijayakumari | 3 | 9744164333 |
| 4 | Suseela | 4 | 8156862512 |
| 5 | Rama. A | 5 | 7592995043 |
| 6 | Sunitha | 6 | 9745459737 |
| 7 | Pushpalatha | 7 | 8891295058 |
| 8 | Sreemathi | 8 | 9847417002 |
| 9 | Latha | 9 | 8907317068 |
| 10 | Priya. T. G | 10 | 8943694445 |
| 11 | Shanthi | 11 | 9895503326 |
| 12 | Preetha | 12 | 9645184694 |
| 13 | Bindu. B | 13 | 9387092781 |
| 14 | Rajani. P | 14 | 7559808310 |
| 15 | Shailaja. K | 15 | 9747454085 |
ASHA Workers serve as an important link between the community and public healthcare services at the local level.
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