Gender bias removed in clinical research
After years of discrimination, American women have won the right of equal representation in clinical research projects.
Hope of deliverance
Elective caesarean delivery, combined with an antiretroviral drug, can slash chances of infected mothers transmitting AIDS to their babies
Health wise
Arunachal Pradesh wakes up to the fact that women's health is the key to overall societal well-being
UN: Progress in tackling maternal as well as newborn deaths stagnant since 2015
India tops the list of 10 countries which bear 60% of global maternal deaths, stillbirths & newborn deaths burden
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
Protected by pregnancy
A protein produced by pregnant women is found useful in preventing the development of skin tumours
Child birth: Govt doctors either leave women scarred or refuse care
Several women end up giving birth on roads, which raises a question on the medical fraternity’s ethical and humanitarian values
Bringing better health to the Indian woman
Efforts are on to tackle the abysmal state of female health in India, especially among the poorer sections
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
Inequalities in accessing sexual, reproductive healthcare persist: WHO study
Rates of unintended pregnancies, abortions vary widely within the same region and geographies, it says
Exposure to toxic parts of PM2.5 during pregnancy harmful for newborn health
Inhaling sulphur, sulphate, copper, iron, nickel and zinc through PM2.5 can trigger maternal oxidative stress and affect the growth of the foetus
Heat exposure during pregnancy can lead to severe maternal morbidity: Study
Long-term heat exposure was linked with a 27% increase in the risk of severe maternal morbidity
70% of all maternal deaths in 2020 were in sub-Saharan Africa: UN report
Not only is sub-Saharan Africa the fulcrum of maternal deaths, but most HIV-related indirect maternal deaths also occur here
The iron bar
Fluoride in water and food blocks iron absorption, leads to anaemia among pregnant women
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
How important is birth environment for you now?
Environmental factors at birth, such as temperature and altitude, can affect the baby's fertility later, show recent studies
15 million newborns in India are not breastfed in the first hour
This is happening when 80 per cent of deliveries are taking place in health facilities, says a report
Burden of birth
Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased
Maternal mortality on a decline, but challenges remain
An earlier report had said that India accounts for the maximum number of maternal deaths in the world — 17 per cent or nearly 50,000 …
Umbilical discord
As a result of air pollution in Delhi, strains of toxic metals like lead and cadmium are increasingly finding their way into the womb
Film review Birth In The Squatting Position
Films>> Birth in the Squatting Position by Polymorph Films 1979 (10 mins, Brazil) The business of being born by Abby Epstein (83 mins, USA) …
Delivering safety
All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest …
Paramedics show the way
How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline
Musings on the Independence of the Other India
Even after 71 years of independence, 1 in 11 children in India is a child labourer, 1 in every 3 is malnourished, only 3 in every 10 children …
Married women in India have highest out-of-pocket expenditure for non-communicable diseases
Married women in both rural and urban India spend more on treating non-communicable diseases than other diseases, shows a study