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Dipatches: Why are India's ASHA health workers on the streets

Dipatches: Why are India's ASHA health workers on the streets

This week, our Dispatches conversation will explore why an all-women healthcare cadre is in a long struggle for recognition

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May 27, 2025
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An all-women cadre, key to the delivery of public healthcare in India and not recognised as formal “workers”, has been part of a long struggle against the State. Earlier this month, The Polis Project…

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