Mother & Child - Page 2
‘1.85m Women May Have Failed To Get An Abortion During Lockdown’
New Delhi: In the first three months of the COVID-19 lockdown, March 25 to June 24, 2020, 47% of the estimated 3.9...
Kota Child Deaths: A Story Of Flailing Primary & Secondary Care, Overstretched Tertiary Care
Doctors and medical staff attend to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit of Kota’s J K Lon Hospital, which saw...
Maternity Benefits: What Centre Can Learn From Tamil Nadu, Odisha
New Delhi: Up to 88% of eligible women in the country did not receive benefits under the Centre’s maternity benefits...
Haryana Portal Helps Track High-Risk Pregnancies For Improved Care
Wazirabad, Haryana: Rajvanti Devi, 38, stood in a long queue of pregnant women, braving the bright midday sun, at a...
India’s Vaccination Mission Narrows Focus To Meet March 2020 Target
New Delhi: Two in five infants nationwide did not receive complete immunisation, leaving them susceptible to disease. An...
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Failing Women Who Need It The Most
Mumbai: A minor rape victim was forced to give birth to the child of her rapist after the Madras High Court denied her...
In India's Poorest State, A Pilot Project Succeeds In Reducing Malnourishment Among Children
Bokaro, Jharkhand: A frail young nursing mother Purnima Devi, 25, clutched her emaciated baby boy, 21-month-old Gorango...
‘Reduce Stigma To Make Women Comfortable Accessing Safe Abortions’
New Delhi: Abortion was legalised in India almost half a century ago, yet unsafe abortions--performed in unhygienic...
