International Women’s Day 2022: Health Ministry felicitates Best Women Covid-19 Vaccinators

On March 8 on International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decided to celebrate by honouring those women who played a crucial role in the successful implementation of India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme in India.

These women have shown exemplary efforts and courage to take all hurdles in their stride and travel to distant places and even unreachable destinations to vaccinate people. They have taken every initiative to motivate and encourage adults to come forward and get the vaccine.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, “Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare felicitated Best Women COVID-19 Vaccinators from across the country on the occasion of International Women’s Day at National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, today.”

It added, “The event was organized to celebrate and recognize the untiring efforts in the successful implementation of India’s Covid-19 Vaccination Programme. The women vaccinators have been the harbingers of change in this whole journey. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”.

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, praised the efforts of these women and said, “The Development of the Health Sector is incomplete without the contribution of women. Our ASHA and ANM workers are the pillars of health sector development. Our ASHA workers are working relentlessly to serve the Nation. They are reaching the last mile, traversing difficult terrains, going to every house to ensure that every eligible person is vaccinated.”

He added, “Under Har Ghar Dastak Campaign, our ASHA workers reached out to every household, promoted the uptake of vaccines and thereby, overcame vaccine hesitancy. If today India is a global leader in the Covid-19 Vaccination program, the credit goes to our women vaccinators across the country.”