Charting the Rights of Community Health Workers in India: The Next Frontier of Universal Health Coverage

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 225-238  |  PDF Janani Shanthosh, Andrea Durbach, and Rohina Joshi Abstract Community health workers (CHWs) have the capacity to bring essential health services to under-resourced communities. Globally, CHWs have made significant contributions to poverty alleviation, increased food security, and reductions in health inequalities. India’s one million accredited social health activists (ASHAs), the largest cohort of CHWs in the world, have been credited with increasing the…