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

Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality 

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

Health in news on June 7

Here's a round-up of today's news and debate on health

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

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

Health in news on May 14

A round-up of what's new in health

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

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 

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

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 

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 

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  

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

India among worst performers in maternal and child health

Report also mentions that one-third of child deaths occur in South Asia

33 women still die every hour from pregnancy and childbirth complications: WHO

India among 10 nations with highest maternal mortality ratio; many poor countries likely to miss target set under Millennium Development Goal

Over 15 years of incentivised institutional delivery: Has it ensured safe births?

The nine focus states continue to have the highest MMR

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

Why women in Jharkhand’s backward areas are denied basic maternal care

Adivasis, often believed to be "resistant", have made attempts to engage with the modern healthcare system. But it is the health …

Paramedics show the way

How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline

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

Maternal mortality: India likely to miss MDG target

Infant mortality in India is higher than that of neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal