Background India is the most populous country in the world with millions of births annually.
Perinatal mental disorders (PMDs) are prevalent worldwide including in India. This study …

Background In the last two decades, India's central and many state governments launched
several public health programs with the goal of improving maternal and child health …

Background India has focused on incentivizing institutional delivery and introducing the
ASHA worker as a key strategy to improve maternal health outcomes. We examined the …

Background A growing body of literature indicates that including male partners in antenatal
care can be instrumental to improving women's health service utilization and maternal and …

Introduction Despite impressive progress, socio-economic inequalities in infant mortality
persist in India. Therefore, the study determines the change in percentage contribution of …

India has achieved noticeable decline in maternal mortality ratio through the implementation
of National Health Mission programme across the country. However, India lags behind to …

Objective Maternal healthcare coverage is the outcome of health service availability and
utilization, and includes antenatal care (ANC), care at delivery, and postnatal care. This …

To review the available evidence about the prevalence and determinants of antenatal
common mental disorders (antenatal CMDs) among women in India. We searched Ovid …

Background In the last two decades, cesarean section (CS) deliveries in India have
increased by six-fold and created economic hardship for families and households. Although …

Background To promote institutional delivery, the Government of India, through the Janani
Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program, gives monetary reward to all pregnant women who give …