A new survey finds that only 17 drugs are under active development for maternal health indications, which is less than 3% of the pipeline in cardiovascular health (660 drugs). The international agencies have forgotten pregnant women. Given the unacceptably high number of maternal and perinatal...

In the states of Assam and Meghalaya the ICDS project has been in operation since 1980. Assam and Meghalaya have a total of 26,000 AWCs of which 2,218 are located in seven districts of Meghalaya and the rest are in Assam. The Center for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES), conducted a...

We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...

The study aimed at identifying social and biomedical risk factors attributable to perinatal and neonatal mortality (PN, NNM) in rural Punjab.

The appropriate use of oxytocin, one of the drugs on which is the focus in the ‘Tracing Pharmaceuticals’ project, is directly linked to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (relating to child mortality and maternal health). Safe Motherhood initiatives have included Active Management...

Despite years of significant advances in improving child survival and health, the final chapter on ending unnecessary child deaths has not yet been written and advances have stagnated in several countries with the highest child mortality rates. Creative, respectful and effective partnerships...