How Nuh’s maternal mortality rate dropped 32 points in just 4 years
Incentivising institutional deliveries don’t necessarily ensure a pregnant woman’s nutritional health
Over 15 years of incentivised institutional delivery: Has it ensured safe births?
The nine focus states continue to have the highest MMR
Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality
COVID-19 disruptions caused 1.4 million unintended pregnancies: Study
An estimated 12 million women faced this disruption to family planning services for a duration of 3.6 months on an average
Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria
The country has the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world; its women make up more than half of people living with the disease
This mobile application saves expectant mothers in India
Designed by a Chennai-based gynaecologist, the technology gives medical details of pregnant women to doctors to enable timely treatment
The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study
Around 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth
800 women still die in childbirth every day globally: Unicef report
The lowest coverage levels tend to be in the poorest countries where maternal mortality levels are highest, it says
Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will
Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity
Centre defers decision to restrict production of yield-boosting hormone for two months
Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality
Burden of child brides: Bihar, Rajasthan lead states in marrying off girls early
Southern states such as Tamil Nadu and Telangana are not doing any better, finds National Health Profile 2018
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Care of the pregnant: Half-hearted attitude
The first 1,000 days of life offer the window of opportunity to reduce maternal and child mortality. It’s time India made the most of it
Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices
A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter …
Why social health activists in India live a life of uncertainty
More than 0.87 million ASHAs in India are facing salary issues, lack of incentives and exclusion from social safety schemes
Somali drought heightens risk to mothers during pregnancy and childbirth
About 607,000 pregnant women across Somalia need maternal health services to ensure a safe pregnancy and delivery
One-third of total maternal deaths in 2015 happened in India
At least 45,000 mothers died during pregnancy or childbirth
Having a baby is hard in Ethiopia: women walk a lot, and wait a lot
It's impossible to think about maternal health in Ethiopia without thinking about the time and distance between where rural women live and where …
Umbilical discord
Lack of enforcing protocols is pushing up cesarean deliveries in India
Countries mull strategies to achieve SDGs on maternal and child mortality
Sustainable Development Goals demand end of preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age, by 2020
Paramedics show the way
How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey
Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry
India among worst performers in maternal and child health
Report also mentions that one-third of child deaths occur in South Asia