Maternal Health

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The Pandemic Disrupted Health Services – But Not for the Reasons You Think

Banjot Kaur 11/02/2022

On February 7, the WHO released the results of...

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Study Muffles Uncertainty Over Hormonal Contraceptive Increasing HIV Risk

Priyamvada Chugh 23/06/2019

Recently, women have become more sceptical of injectable contraceptives...

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Meet Mejim Dususow, an ASHA Surviving at the Margins of India’s Health System

Julee Jerang and Nandini Velho 09/05/2019

Mejim Dususow has 20 years experience being a dai...

Risug, male sterilisation, female sterilisation, sterilisation camps, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, population control, population explosion, Independence Day speech, family planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey, population replacement level, total fertility rate, annual population growth rate, gender norms,

In RTI Findings, Mixed Picture of PM Scheme for Malnourished Mothers

Sanjoy Basu, Neeraj Kumar and Shashi Shekhar 08/04/2019

In Odisha, only five mothers were registered, which means...

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Healthcare Spending Is Losing out to Health Insurance, Say Activists

The Wire Staff 06/02/2019

Concerned activists are worried that the misplaced focus on...

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New NHRC Study Looks at How India Can Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health

The Wire Staff 22/01/2019

“Poor maternal health continues to be an unjustifiable, but...

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C-Sections Doubled in India from 2005 to 2015: The Lancet

While the surgery is still unavailable for many women...