Browsing by Subject "Obstetric care"

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    • Innovations and challenges in reducing maternal mortality in Tamil nadu, India 

      Padmanaban, P.; Raman, Parvathy; Mavalankar, Dileep (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Although India has made slow progress in reducing maternal mortality, progress in Tamil Nadu has been rapid. This case study documents how Tamil Nadu has taken initiatives to improve maternal health services leading to ...

    • Maternal healthcare financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries 

      Bhat, R.; Mavalankar, D.V.; Singh, P.V.; Singh, N. (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Maternal mortality is an important public-health issue in India, specifically in Gujarat. Contributing factors are the Government's inability to operationalize the First Referral Units and to provide an adequate level of ...

    • Policy barriers preventing access to emergency obstetric care in rural India 

      Mavalankar, D. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001-11-01)
      India with its one billion people contributes to about 20% of all maternal deaths in the world. Even though infant mortality has declined in India maternal mortality has remained high at about 540 per 100,000 live births. ...