Odisha CM Congratulates ASHA Workers on Receiving WHO Global Health Leaders Award-2022

By Newsroom Odisha Network On May 23, 2022

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the ASHA workers on receiving WHO Global Health Leaders Award-2022 for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system.

Lauding the contribution of ASHA workers, the Odisha CM said that they are country’s frontline warriors in every healthcare challenge we faced and work tirelessly to save precious lives.

“Congratulate ASHA workers on receiving WHO Global Health Leaders Award-2022 for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system. They are country’s frontline warriors in every healthcare challenge we faced and work tirelessly to save precious lives”, Naveen tweeted.

Congratulate #ASHA workers on receiving @WHO Global Health Leaders Award-2022 for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system. They are country’s frontline warriors in every healthcare challenge we faced and work tirelessly to save precious lives. https://t.co/WnfqaqRZst

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) May 23, 2022

ASHA (which means hope in Hindi) are the more than 1 million female volunteers in India, honored for their crucial role in linking the community with the health system, to ensure those living in rural poverty can access primary health care services, as shown throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 WHO explained while giving the award.

The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced Global Health Leaders Awards to recognize outstanding contributions to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues.

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.