SCRIPTING A TURNAROUND
Jul 31, 2021
2 minutes
By Romita Datta
In mid-2020, when one-year-old Falguni Nayek was diagnosed with severe malnutrition, the sparse patches of hair on her head turning an unhealthy auburn, mother Sanjukta feared her illness had something to do with the iron ore dust that coats everything in Barbil village, in Odisha’s Keonjhar district. It was a group of ASHA (accredited social health activist) workers who made the correct diagnosis.
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