Title: Effectiveness of “ASHA INCENTIVE SCHEME of 2013” on enhancing the functioning of ASHA in motivating couples having two or less children to undergo permanent sterilization in Surendranagar district
Abstract: Background:The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched on April 12, 2005; it seeks to provide accessible, affordable, and quality health care at the grass-root level in India.ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) is one of the key components in the NRHM for the effective implementation of health-care services.ASHA is an