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
Over 15 years of incentivised institutional delivery: Has it ensured safe births?
The nine focus states continue to have the highest MMR
Maternal, infant health in Tikamgarh poor despite high institutional delivery rate
Few women avail proper antenatal care, many opt for hospital deliveries for incentives
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 …
Why breastfeeding is crucial for building nutritional foundation beyond infancy
Breastfeeding is at the core of infant nutrition. But mothers in rural areas are avoiding it due to COVID-19 fears
Breastfeeding in times of COVID-19: Will newborns miss out on vital nutrition
Reduction in prevalence of breastfeeding could occur due to limitations in provision and use of health services amid COVID-19 pandemic &…
Maternal mortality in India: What do the recent figures tell us
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have seen the biggest drop in maternal mortality
Postpartum haemorrhage remains leading cause of maternal deaths in Kerala: Report
According the National Health Portal of India, PPH accounts for 35 per cent of all maternal deaths
A neglected tragedy: 2 million stillbirths in 2019, flags report
A majority of stillbirths happened in sub-Saharan Africa
Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?
The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1
Population populism: UP bill should empower, not control people
Solution to population problem lies in ensuring socio-economic development by addressing issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, …
Menstrual Hygiene Day: Why dispelling stigma, promoting hygiene practices need govt intervention
The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to Free Medicine Scheme to facilitate dispensation of free sanitary napkins
Vaccination for pregnant women in India
Anaemia: India needs social norms-based interventions at every phase of a woman’s life
While behaviour change communication for drug adherence and knowledge of anaemia as a serious disease is needed, challenging detrimental social …
COVID-19 in Africa: Drop in blood donations threat to maternal health, says WHO
In 2017, maternal deaths in sub-Sahara Africa accounted for 66% of the 303,000 maternal deaths recorded globally
COVID-19: How rise in child marriages impacts economy
The risks associated with child marriage do not end with girls married before 18: It leads to an intergenerational cycle of poverty …
What is killing people in India: A complete picture
Disease of the Respiratory System has been the major cause of death since 2000
Mother’s Day 2021: Reducing early pregnancy is key to safe motherhood
Only a healthy mother can give birth to and raise a healthy child and can break the vicious cycle of intergenerational malnutrition
COVID-19 disruptions may have killed 228,000 children in South Asia, flags UNICEF report
Child mortality rose 15.4% in India, followed by Bangladesh (13%). Sri Lanka saw the sharpest increase in maternal deaths
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
Kerala sees sharp fall in sex ratio at birth despite being best in overall category
Bihar and Maharashtra are other major states where sex ratio at birth declined
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
