PM Modi congratulates ASHA workers for receiving WHO Health Leaders Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the workers of the ASHA or the Accredited Social Health Activist Workers for receiving the WHO Director-General Health Leaders Award.

PM Modi said on Monday that the workers of ASHA are at the forefront of the campaign to ensure a healthy India.

The Prime Minister said on Monday that the entire team of ASHA workers have been given the WHO Director-General's Global Health Leaders' Award. They are at the forefront of ensuring a healthy India. Their dedication and determination is admirable. The country's 1 million all-women ASHA won a prestigious award for their outstanding role in advancing global health, showing leadership and dedication to regional health challenges.

ASHA was honored for its vital role in connecting the community with the health system and accessing primary health care services to rural areas throughout the pandemic.

The workers of ASHA provided maternal care and immunisation 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, as well as core areas of health promotion, said WHO in its official statement.

At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented convergence of inequity, conflict, food insecurity, the climate crisis, and a epidemic, this award recognizes those who have made an outstanding contribution to protecting and promoting health around the world, according to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO Director-General stated that these awardees embody lifelong dedication, relentless advocacy, a commitment to equity and selfless service of humanity.