How India has reduced maternal mortality, and what challenges remain
Posted onCan India’s primary care facilities deliver? A cross-sectional assessment of the Indian public health system’s capacity for basic delivery and newborn services
Posted onInstitutional delivery in India, 2004–14: unravelling the equity-enhancing contributions of the public sector
Posted onBurden of physical, psychological and social ill-health during and after pregnancy among women in India, Pakistan, Kenya and Malawi
Posted onFoley catheter vs. oral misoprostol to induce labour among hypertensive women in India: A cost‐consequence analysis alongside a clinical trial
Posted onExploring Group Antenatal Care in Low-Resource Settings
Posted onResearch in high-income countries has shown that compared to the traditional one-on-one model of antenatal care (ANC), group ANC can offer positive health outcomes. To address the evidence gap in low-resource settings, researchers recently developed a “generic” model of group ANC for low- and middle-income countries and conducted a feasibility study in urban India…read more
Public health systems ignore the psychological needs of women who have stillbirths
Posted onEffectiveness of a WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Coaching-based intervention on the availability of Essential Birth Supplies in Uttar Pradesh, India
Posted on10 Lessons From The BetterBirth Study
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The BetterBirth Program team at Ariadne Labs and partners recently led one of the world’s largest maternal newborn health trials in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Using bedside peer-coaching of birth attendants and facility managers, along with the World Health Organization’s Safe Childbirth Checklist, researchers focused on improving birth attendants’ use of basic care practices. The results showed marked improvement in care—but no reduction in mortality rates…read more