Childbirth

Maternal Mental Health: Need to start conversations

Maternal mental health requires multiple intervention strategies starting with overhauling the medical curriculum to train and sensitise gynaecologists and obstetricians on maternal mental health for both perinatal and postpartum issues

For mothers breastfeeding children beyond infancy, how a life of secrecy and castigation blights the experience

The female body, from the moment it pushes out an offspring, is subdued, and replaced by something inert — a bottle, a pacifier, a silicone toy, a crib, and erased entirely before the passage of a year.

Women in J&K await help under PMMVY months after childbirth: How internet shutdown wrecked efforts to lower infant deaths

The near-six-month-long internet shutdown following the abrogation of Article 370 hit fresh registrations under PMMVY, a scheme crucial to lowering infant deaths in the region as well as disbursal of monetary aid to pregnant women who had already registered for childbirth at hospitals under the scheme

Air pollution can lead to 'missed' miscarriages among pregnant women: study

Missed miscarriages occur when a fetus dies early in pregnancy while remaining in the uterus.

Family planning too limited in scope to cover gender justice; women's sexual and reproductive health a human rights issue

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is not limited to women and girls but they are at the forefront of disproportionate consequences of lack of information and services.

No doctor at community health centre in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, woman delivers baby on floor

A woman in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh gave birth to her baby on the floor of a community health centre as no doctors were available at the centre then.

India’s under-5 mortality rate drops 30% since 2012, matches global average; Bangladesh and Nepal do better

Within India, large disparities between states on health indicators such as infant mortality show high levels of inequality in access to healthcare and sanitation levels.

New version of drug offers hope for Indian mothers dying in childbirth

Currently, WHO recommends oxytocin to prevent excessive bleeding during childbirth.

This heat-stable drug can save thousands from bleeding post-childbirth says WHO

WHO recommends oxytocin as the first-choice drug for preventing excessive bleeding after childbirth.

India's meta-preference for sons led to 21 million unwanted girls, says 'pink' Economic Survey: Punjab, Haryana worst offenders

The pink-coloured Economic Survey observed that the adverse sex ratio of females to males has led to 63 million "missing" women.