About a million ASHAs administer basic medical care in India's cities and villages. MEERUT, India: Unprotected and poorly paid, an all-women army of health workers confront suspicion, anger and the threat of infection as they go door to door searching for COVID-19 sufferers in India's poor communities.
"I have been an ASHA for 14 years now and never have I been as scared to knock on a door with my bare hands. We don't have gloves, not even masks," said Alka, who asked AFP not to use her surname. Such harassment is bearable, she told AFP."Recently some locals tore the clothes on one woman while she was working."
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