ROLE AND INTEGRATION WITH ANGANWADI

 

Anganwadi Worker (AWW) will Guide ASHA in performing following activities:

 

Ø   Organizing Health Day once/twice a month. On health day, the women, adolescent girls and children from the village will be mobilized for orientation on health related issues such as importance of nutritious food, personal hygiene, care during pregnancy, importance of antenatal check up and institutional delivery, home remedies for minor ailment and importance of immunization etc. AWWs will inform ANM to participate & guide organizing the Health Days at Anganwadi Centre (AWC).

 

Ø   AWWs and ANMs will act as a resource persons for the training of ASHA.

 

Ø   IEC activity through display of posters, folk dances etc. on these days can be undertaken to sensitize the beneficiaries on health related issues.

 

Ø   Anganwadi worker will be depot holder for drug kits and will be issuing it to ASHA. The replacement of the consumed drugs can also be done through AWW.

 

Ø   AWW will update the list of eligible couples and also the children less than one year of age in the village with the help of ASHA.

 

Ø   ASHA will support the AWW in mobilizing pregnant and lactating women and infants for nutrition supplement. She would also take initiative for bringing the beneficiaries from the village on specific days of immunization, health checkups / health days etc. to Anganwadi Centres.