The impact of India's accredited social health activist (ASHA) program on the utilization of maternity services: a nationally representative longitudinal modelling study.

Smisha AgarwalSian L CurtisGustavo AngelesIlene S SpeizerKavita SinghJames C Thomas

Published in: Human resources for health (2019)

Our results suggest that the ASHA program is successfully connecting marginalized communities to maternity health services. Given the potential of the ASHA in impacting service utilization, we emphasize the need to strengthen strategies to recruit, train, incentivize, and retain ASHAs.

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