ROLE OF ASHA WORKERS AMONG RURAL POPULATION DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC: A CASE STUDY OF PALAKKAD DISTRICT

One of the core strategies suggested under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to strengthen decentralized village level health planning and management was the Creation of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA). During COVID-19, the ASHA is becoming increasingly important among the rural population with their COVID-19 activities such as door-to-door surveys, checking for symptoms, generating awareness and other various healthcare programmes. COVID 19 brought huge social and economic issues in our society. In this scenario relevance of ASHA workers has been arisen. The present study examines the overall Performance of ASHA workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyse the opinion of rural population about the service by Asha worker. The Purpose of presentstudy is to analyse performance of Asha workers during Covid 19 Pandemic. The study has mainly used secondary data from various sources. The study has adopted quantitative approach to analyse the data. Findings from this study will be helpful in enhancing the working performance of ASHAs and it can be used for further improvisation is also seen that the rural population are more aware of COVID-19 due to the involvement of the ASHA.