Hi folks, there are still a few people who are not willing to take the vaccine because of certain myths and superstitions surrounding the vaccine in India. Some of these are: – men will become impotent or have erectile dysfunction-…
In the first week of January, when the Government of India announced its decision to vaccinate the frontline workers and elderly with the precautionary or the booster dose of Covid vaccine as well as vaccinate all children in the 15-18…
Hello everyone, Omicron is raging through the slums these days. More than half of those we test are positive. And we are only testing the elderly, or those with comorbidities. We are working very hard to continue vaccination camps in…
Hello everyone, I have started getting PCR tests for a sample of the population in certain communities, privately, at our own cost. So many people have colds and coughs, and the aim is to determine whether it is mostly Covid…
98-year-old Akhila from Seelampur and many other elderly and differently-abled slum residents would not have received Covid-19 vaccination if there were no vaccination camps across the Asha centres! Asha has strengthened the Government of India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive and made…
Hi folks, Omicron is rising rapidly in Delhi. Full PPE has been instituted for team members, high-quality N95 masks are being distributed, strict Covid protocols in the Asha centres, vaccination for 15 years and above has begun, vaccination camps are…
Our Vitamin D3 injection campaign continues. Most have received it, and those who are left are coming these days. The administration of Vit D3 in 2021 is bound to reduce positivity and severity of Covid 19 in 2022. Vitamin D…
Hi there folks, as you may have heard, hundreds of young girls have fallen into severe malnutrition during Covid. Here is another sad and moving story of Suman. It ends with the Hope, the Asha that enters her life. My…
Hi everyone, my visit to Chanderpuri slum was a day of mixed feelings, sadness at the terrible plight of malnourished girls, and joy that they felt valued and were given the best of care by the Asha team. I did…
Hello folks, this message is about the very sad circumstances some young girls are during this pandemic. They have lost so much weight due to just not eating enough food and calories. We give groceries to entire families, but of…
