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On India’s COVID-19 frontline, female health workers push for fair pay

On India’s COVID-19 frontline, female health workers push for fair pay

ROLI SRIVASTAVA RUSHING from one home to another in a village in western India, health worker Ashwini Mhaske cannot afford to take a breather. Working to keep COVID-19 at bay while caring for mothers and babies, Mhaske races between households to meet job targets and earn bonuses for an average monthly wage of 4,000 rupees ($54) that India's army of rural health workers says is derisory. Accredited Social Health Activists - or ASHA workers - are the government's recognised health workers who are usually the first point of contact in rural India, where there is often limited or no direct…
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