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Maternal Deaths ‘Still A Significant Problem’ In India

Maternal deaths are still a significant problem in India despite the introduction of a cash incentive scheme to encourage women to give birth in proper health facilities mo...

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Next Week Is Motherhood Week, 1l Pregnant Women Targeted

Allahabad: With an objective to take better care of pregnant women and ensure antenatal care (ANC), the health department would hold Motherhood Week from January 27 to Febr...

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10 Million Women To Receive Vital Health Education Through Mobiles By Imimobile, BBC Media Action And The Gates Foundation.

IMImobile, which helps companies to engage with their customers via mobile technologies, has teamed up with BBC Media Action, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

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Opinion: Bill Gates: Here Are My Three Goals For 2016

DAVOS, Switzerland (Project Syndicate) — We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migra...

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The Case For Going Universal

Maternity entitlements are an important policy tool for encouraging better maternal health. This is why we need to do away with conditionality in cash transfer schemes

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How A Yellow Suitcase Is Illuminating The Lives Of Women And Babies Around The World

When a severe back injury forced Dr Laura Stachel to pause her career as an obstetrician-gynaecologist, she took it upon her shoulders to help the cause of reducing materna...

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Unintended Second Pregnancies Could Be Avoided

Reuters Health – Most unintended pregnancies within two years of a woman giving birth could have been prevented or postponed if women had access to the long-acting co...

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Perambalur Brings Maternal Deaths To Near Zero

In a remarkably quick turnaround in a key public healthcare indicator, Perambalur has been able to bring down its maternal deaths to near-zero levels in four years largely ...

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Rs 16cr Plan To Check Maternal Deaths

Pune: The state government has made a provision of Rs 16 crore to improve services at state-run healthcare centres handling high-risk pregnancies. Delivery room facilities ...

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Nigerian Woman Develops App To Reduce Mortality Rate In Africa

Miss Kesandu Nwokolo, a young Nigerian, has developed a mobile phone application to help reduce infant and maternal mortality in Africa. In a statement obtained by the News...

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