Guidelines for ASHA and Mahila Arogya Samiti in the Urban Context
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Guidelines for ASHA and Mahila Arogya Samiti in the Urban Context NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION National Urban Health Mission: Guidelines for ASHA and Mahila Arogya Samiti in the Urban Context 1 Keshav Desiraju Hkkjr ljdkj Secretary LokLF;~ ,oa ifjokj't't"!CI5I't dY;k.k foHkkx Tel.:e6~lCr 23061863~ Fax: 23061252 m~ LokLF;~~ qRql'<,oa't't"!CI5I't ifjokjCI5<>'l11 dY;k.k01 flt~ ea=kky; E-mail : [email protected] CI5<>'l1jOj e6~lCr~ ~ m~m~ ~fuekZ.k~qRql'< qRql,<Hkou] CI5<>'l11ubZ fnYyh01 flt~ &.q~ 110011 [email protected] ~Ol ~. 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(Keshav Desiraju) (Keshav Desiraju) (Keshav(Keshav Desiraju)Desiraju) Date : 17.01.2014 Hkkjr ljdkj Hkkjr ljdkj LokLF; ,oaHkkjr ifjokj LokLF;ljdkj dY;k.k ,oa ea=kky;ifjokj dY;k.k ea=kky; LokLF;fuekZ.k ,oa Hkou] ifjokj ubZ dY;k.kfnYyh &ea=kky; 110011 GovernmentfuekZ.k of Hkou] India ubZ fnYyh & 110011 DepartmentfuekZ.k Hkou] of ubZHealth fnYyh and & Family110011 Welfare Government of GovernmentIndia of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anuradha Gupta, IAS Department ofDepartment Health and Family of Health Welfare and Family Welfare Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011 AnuradhaAnuradhaAdditional Gupta, Gupta,Secretary IAS IAS & Ministry of HealthMinistry and Family of Health Welfare and Family Welfare AnuradhaMission Director, Gupta, NRHM IAS AddiAdditionaltional Secretary Secretary & & Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011 AdditionalTelefax :Secretary 23062157 & Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011 Mission Director, NRHM MissionE-mail Director, : anuradha–[email protected] NRHM MissionTelefax Director, : 23062157 NRHM TelefaxTelefax : 23062157 E-maE-mailil : [email protected]: anuradha–[email protected] E-mail : anuradha–[email protected] FOREWORD Foreword FOREWORD Eight years ago, when India launchedFOREWORD the National Rural Health Mission, we made The successful implementation of NRHM since its launch is 2005 is clearly evident by the a commitment to ensure that community processes would become an integral part Themany successful fold increase implementation in OPD, IPD of NRHM and other since