Decision and Activities Done by ASHAs in Newborn Care in Uttar Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT :Introduction
The engagement of women community health workers has been recognized as one key strategy to tackle the emergent shortage of health workers in developing countries. The ASHAs are instituted by the state as part of National Rural Health Mission of the Government of India for the grassroots health care delivery. The homebased newborn care initiatives and empowerment of the local women are crucial for effective health care delivery for the section from where life begins. The current study explores some of the crucial variables of the decisions taken by ASHAs in case of an emergency in the newborn and the activities she does at the household level on newborn care in the state of UP