Table 1 Description of VHSNC members
VHSNC member | Description |
|---|---|
General community members | • Includes members of savings groups and school management groups |
Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANMs) | • Frontline health worker, female, works from health sub-center covering five or more villages (member of VHSNC in her own village, and invited guest for the VHSNCs in the other villages she serves) |
Accredited social health activist (ASHA) | • Community health worker, female, one per village (1000 population) |
Anganwadi staff | • Preschool and nutritional supplementation workers, female, two per village anganwadi (preschool) |
Ward member | • Lowest elected member of local government (panchayat) |