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 Reducing inequality in maternal, neonatal and infant mortality are key targets in
the Sustainable Development Goals. This study is the first to evaluate the impact of …

Over 600,000 newborns in India died in their first month of life in 2017 despite large
increases in access to maternal health services. We assess whether maternal and newborn …

Background Caste plays a significant role in Indian society and it influences women to
health care access in the community. The implementation of the maternal health benefits …

Background India's progress in reducing maternal and newborn mortality since the 1990s
has been exemplary across diverse contexts. This paper examines progress in two state …

Each year, 295,000 women die during and just after pregnancy, and 2.4 million babies die in
the first month of their lives. In 2019, 2,160,000 neonatal deaths and 275,000 maternal …

Purpose Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) aims to assist expectant mothers in low-income
households. It might address the insufficient prenatal and postnatal healthcare services in …

Despite demand-stimulation efforts, coverage rates of many essential health services remain
low in developing countries, suggesting that there may be binding supply constraints, such …

Maternal mortality, largely stemming from complications during pregnancy and childbirth,
impacts poor expecting women with limited healthcare access in rural Pakistan. Conditional …

Childhood vaccination has lagged in countries like India, despite its demonstrated positive
effects on health outcomes like infant mortality. At the same time, many conditional cash …