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Published in: BMC Proceedings 1/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Oral presentation

Strengthening support mechanisms for performance improvement of Accredited Social Health Activists in Uttar Pradesh

Authors: Dharmendra S Panwar, Emily Das, Vandana Naidu, Madhuri Narayanan, George Philip

Published in: BMC Proceedings | Special Issue 1/2012

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The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005. One of the key components of the NRHM is the identification and training of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) for each village in the country. They have undergone several rounds of training and received additional training like 10-day training on child survival in Uttar Pradesh state. Despite these training programmes, significant gaps remain in their performance and their ability to translate “knowledge to practice”. …
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Title
Strengthening support mechanisms for performance improvement of Accredited Social Health Activists in Uttar Pradesh
Authors
Dharmendra S Panwar
Emily Das
Vandana Naidu
Madhuri Narayanan
George Philip
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Proceedings / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-6-S1-O8

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