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Poor access to maternal healthcare for Assam Adivasi women: report

Poor access to maternal healthcare for Assam Adivasi women: report

by The Daily Eye Team February 21 2015, 2:33 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secs

A report on access to healthcare of Adivasi women working in tea gardens in northern Assam’s Sonitpur district has revealed that they face many obstacles like corruption, lack of services and poor quality of treatment denying them access to maternal healthcare. The report titled “No Time to Lose: Fighting Maternal and Infant Mortality through Community Reporting” states that most common violation of health rights of these women was undue payment or informal fees for medical services that should be provided free of cost.

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