A dose of new skills for ASHA workers in capital
The expanded healthcare services in the capital will now include mental health support, elderly care, palliative care, ear-nose-throat services and dental healthcare. Additionally, the central govt has granted approval for the recruitment of 1,064 new ASHA workers to supplement the existing team of 6,481 workers in the city. Officials said that the additional staff will assist in extending healthcare services to previously unserved regions, including the South East district.
ASHA workers play a vital role in creating awareness and educating people about essential health factors, including nutrition, sanitation and hygiene practices. Health authorities noted that their initial responsibilities focused on maternal care, child welfare, and family planning services. These health parameters demonstrated considerable improvement from their earlier poor condition.
Health officials assure that ASHA workers contribute to reducing maternal and infant mortality through their advocacy of hospital births and prenatal and postnatal care.
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The programme's effectiveness is reflected in the data: 71% of pregnant women are accompanied by ASHAs for health centre registration, 85% of institutional deliveries receive ASHA assistance, and 92% of high-risk pregnancies are accompanied by these workers to ensure safe delivery.
ASHAs facilitate 95% of the full immunisations for children up to one year. They improve healthcare accessibility in urban regions, particularly when it comes to maternal and child health, family planning and immunisation, and creating awareness about communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Officials confirmed that Delhi's ASHAs will receive training for an enhanced service package under the
Ayushman Bharat scheme
. From the current workforce, around 2,000 ASHAs will develop new competencies in areas such as mental health, elderly and palliative care, oral health, eye care and ENT services, previously excluded from their training curriculum.
Govt officials said that the ASHAs will complete a 14-day training programme in four modules for Ayushman Bharat Expansion service in 2025-26, following central govt guidelines.
The central govt began the National Health Mission as the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005. In 2013, the Centre incorporated the urban component — National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) into the programme. Later, NRHM was renamed as the National Health Mission with two sub-missions, NRHM and NUHM.
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