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Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) are community health workers instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),
- The mission began in 2005.
- ASHAs are local women trained to act as health educators and promoters in their communities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
Accredited Social Health activists (ASHAs) are community health workers instituted by the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
ASHAs are local women trained to act as health educators and promoters in their communities.
Their tasks include motivating women to give birth in hospitals, bringing children to immunization clinics, encouraging family planning, treating basic illness and injury with first aid, keeping demographic records, and improving village sanitation.
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Answer: (d)
Accredited Social Health activists (ASHAs) are community health workers instituted by the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
ASHAs are local women trained to act as health educators and promoters in their communities.
Their tasks include motivating women to give birth in hospitals, bringing children to immunization clinics, encouraging family planning, treating basic illness and injury with first aid, keeping demographic records, and improving village sanitation.
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