Rural Sultanpur’s ‘covid warrior’ pradhans battle vaccine hesitancy – 101Reporters
Sultanpur: On a warm summer day of May 2021, Mandani Singh (40), an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) from Banbahasirkhinpur in Akhand Nagar block in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district, was on duty as part of the frontline team inviting villagers to get vaccinated. As Singh, who has been an ASHA for the last 15 years, was speaking to people about the vaccine’s benefits, one of the villagers started verbally abusing her.Sultanpurs_covid_warrior_pradhans_battle_vaccine_hesitancy