Context: The Union Health Ministry launched a nationwide campaign to screen individuals aged 30 and above for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and common cancers like oral, breast, and cervical cancer. About Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): What are NCDs? Chronic medical conditions that are not transmitted from person to person. Often caused by lifestyle factors, genetic predisposition, or …
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Issues related to Women. Source: Indian Express Context: This article depicts the views of an ASHA worker on how she envisions India on its completion of 100 years of Independence. Concerns of an ASHA worker about rural health services: Lack of information: this is one of the biggest issues …
Context: India’s one million all-women ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist Workers) workers were awarded and honoured by WHO for their ‘outstanding’ contribution to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues. ASHA, which means “hope” in English, comprises more than one million female volunteers. Global Health Leaders Awards: The World …
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GS Paper 1: Syllabus: Issues related to Women. Context: ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers have received the Global Health Leaders Award-2022 in the backdrop of the on-going 75th World Health Assembly. The other recipients include eight volunteer polio workers who were shot and killed by armed gunmen in Takhar and Kunduz provinces in …
