A nonprofit, Transform Rural India Foundation, is working with hundreds of thousands villagers in Ranchi and Simdega districts of Jharkhand to familiarise them with various government health schemes for pregnant and lactating mothers, including free institutional delivery.

Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other women do not suffer the same fate, she acts as an advisor, facilitator and a friend of local women and a key link between them and the Mahoba district hospital.

BP and Diabetes treatment: A new study says improved education, standardization of testing as well as follow up of hypertension and diabetes after childbirth are needed in Indian rural areas

November 17 is observed as World Prematurity Day to raise awareness on premature child births around the world. Did you know that India has the highest incidence of babies that are born prematurely? Poor maternal health and malnutrition are the leading cause of such births.

Nearly half of all pregnancies globally are unintended. In India, close to eight women die from causes related to unsafe abortion each day. Young women aged 15–19 years at the highest risk of dying from an abortion related complication.

Due to the strike by 100,000 ASHAs, vaccination activities in the state are affected, and several primary healthcare centres in villages have stopped providing health services.

Uma Devi is a frontline healthcare worker in rural Uttar Pradesh who has marched on despite strife in her personal life, and has been honoured by Kareena Kapoor, actor and brand ambassador for UNICEF, for promoting mother and child health.