The 25-year-old woman from the Cheerakkuzhi tribal hamlet near Chugathara was brought to the Government District Hospital Nilambur hospital with a rare uterine rupture that left the baby lying inside her abdominal cavity
Campaign to educate couples on the health benefits of maintaining a minimum two-year gap between pregnancies; ₹5,000 incentives announced for eligible couples and high-performing healthcare personnel
Despite improvements in institutional deliveries, women’s empowerment and maternity programmes, exclusive breastfeeding rates in India have declined. NFHS-6 data point to persistent gaps in postnatal support, workplace protection and maternity benefits. Bindu Shajan Perappadan looks at medical, social and economic factors contributing to the decline
Expectant mothers in Hong Kong requiring government antenatal services will only need to visit public hospitals, rather than maternal and child health centres, under a change taking effect on Monday. Health authorities announced on Friday that antenatal services currently provided by maternal and child health centres, managed by the Department of Health, will be transferred to public hospitals under the Hospital Authority. “After the service integration, the obstetrics department of the Hospital...