Hope of India : an evaluation of information communication technologies in rural Indian healthcare.

• Main Authors: Cheong, Yi Jia., Lee, Lynette Lin Chieh., Ng, Cheryl Chiah Hwee., Tan, Chin Kee.
• Other Authors: Arul Indrasen Chib
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15691
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research paper evaluates issues faced by rural community healthcare workers under India's National Rural Health Mission scheme, in particular Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), primarily women whose main role is to aid pregnant women in childbirth. In November-December 2008, we...