Hamstrung by lockdown logistics, with just 40 per cent staff reporting due to the social stigma affecting healthcare workers, and despite financial problems, the Institute of Child Health soldiers on

Though praised as ‘fighters and heroes’ for their role in managing Covid-19, Maharashtra’s frontline workers feel ignored and insecure – they have been fighting for job security and financial stability

Health workers in Leh rise above the natural landscape, harsh weather conditions, poor telecommunication networks, and a lack of proper healthcare facilities in battling the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

ASHA workers in Haryana’s Sonipat district have been pushed to the frontlines of the fight against Covid-19 in a later-than-last-minute attempt to control a pandemic – with no safety gear and very little training

As a senior rural health officer in an Adivasi belt of Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, Urmila Dugga’s list of tasks is long – and it’s RHOs like her on the ground who keep the public healthcare system running

Gunamay Kamble, an expert midwife in Osmanabad district, attended hundreds of home births – even those with complications. But her skills born of long experience were devalued in the push for hospital births

Assembly poll duties with high risks – assigned without any written orders – once again put Uttar Pradesh’s overworked and underpaid ASHA workers in a vulnerable, even dangerous position

Stigma, poor pay, discrimination, arduous hours of life-saving work – nurses have been among those at highest risk during the pandemic. PARI interacts with some of these real frontline warriors in Chennai

A ramshackle healthcare system, along with infrastructure challenges in the interior villages of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, make 'Rural Medical Practitioners’ indispensable – and health a matter of faith