India is a safer country to be a mother than it was twenty years ago. Could a new version of the drug carbetocin make it even safer? In 1990, 556 Indian mothers lost their lives for every one lakh (100,000) live births. 2016 saw this figure drop by 77 percent to 130 deaths for every …
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This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran “Adilabad used to have a high rate of maternal mortality, especially among the tribal women. So many of them were just young girls really. They get married young and when they became pregnant, it was difficult for …
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By Nimeshika Jayachandran This article was first published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. When Sharada* had her first child three years ago, she hadn’t expected the turmoil she would experience post-delivery. “I remember looking down at this baby, and just feeling so overwhelmed with sadness. I felt hopeless and I …
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The lives of almost 100,000 Indian children could be saved every year, with better breastfeeding practices. This is according to a new report by the Global Breastfeeding Collective, released to mark Breastfeeding Awareness Week (August 1-7). The report claims 830,000 deaths of children under five years could be averted globally each year if countries scaled …
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Maternal healthcare expenses push 46.6 percent of mothers in India into poverty claims a study by Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Those most likely to be left in poverty following childbirth are mothers who are illiterate. The study incorporates expenses from all stages of pregnancy, including antenatal care, the childbirth itself …
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