Objective: To evaluate the quality of essential care during normal labour and childbirth in maternity facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods: Between 26 May and 8 July 2015, we used clinical observations to assess care provision for 275 mother-neonate pairs at 26 hospitals. Data on 42 items...

This paper studies the health effects of one of the world's largest demand-side financial incentive programes - India's Janani Suraksha Yojana. Our difference-in-difference estimates exploit heterogeneity in the timing of the introduction of the financial incentive programs across districts. We...

This systematic review investigates the role of economic shocks in explaining HIV transmission through risky sexual behaviors. With natural disasters and global economic shocks becoming more prevalent and HIV disproportionately affecting young women in low- and middle-income countries,...