IGNOU to offer certificate courses to health workers of 10 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to improve skills of accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will provide certificate courses to them in 10 districts of Odisha. The university has signed an agreement with the National Health Mission (NHM), Odisha to provide the courses on food, nutrition and guidance to […]

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Bhubaneswar: With an aim to improve skills of accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will provide certificate courses to them in 10 districts of Odisha. The university has signed an agreement with the National Health Mission (NHM), Odisha to provide the courses on food, nutrition and guidance to the health workers.

Regional officer of IGNOU, Manoj Kumar Dash said the university will train 6,032 ASHA workers in the State with two certificate courses. "They will be offered the Certificate in Food Nutrition and Certificate in Guidance courses. The ASHA workers will have to opt for one course," said Dash.