: In rural Gujarat, ASHAs play key role in identifying and reaching out to domestic abuse survivors #IndiaNEWS “A pregnant woman has been hit in the stomach by her husband; she is bleeding. There are

In rural Gujarat, ASHAs play key role in identifying and reaching out to domestic abuse survivors #IndiaNEWS
“A pregnant woman has been hit in the stomach by her husband; she is bleeding. There are also marks of assault on her legs and hands. She may lose her baby and or even her own life because she is anaemic.�?This is an imagined case study, but in India, where one in three women report domestic violence, it could be very real. At a training session in the Sidhpur block of Gujarat’s Patan district, this fictional survivor experience is being used to teach rural health workers how to deal with domestic violence.It is a late December morning and under the shade of a Neem tree, 30 ASHA workers, or Accredited Social Health Activists, are learning to detect signs of spousal abuse. Arti Prajapati, counsellor at the General Hospital in Sidhpur, has told them to keep an eye on women who report repeated pregnancies, anaemia, tuberculosis and depression. Mental health counsellor Deepak Prajapati has given them tips on how to spot mental health issues arising from abuse – frequent headaches, depression, anger, constant anxiety and sleeplessness.ASHAs, women health workers assigned to a population of 1,000 under the National Health Mission, are primarily tasked with issues related to maternal and child health – nutrition, family planning, immunisation, first aid among others....Read more

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