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Maternal health

ISSUES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Health and being a woman
Author: Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla
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Verbal autopsies of maternal deaths in Koppal, Karnataka: Lessons from the grave
Author: Aditi Iyer, Gita Sen, Anuradha Sreevatsa and Vasini Varadan
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Gendered health systems biased against maternal survival: Preliminary findings from Koppal,Karnataka, India, IDS Working paper 
Authors: Asha George, Aditi  Iyer, Gita Sen 
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Stairway to Death Maternal Mortality beyond Numbers
Authors: Soumik Banerjee, Priya John and Sanjeev Singh
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Discussion on  Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Interventions - Experiences; Examples
Source : Solution Exchange
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Family Planning

ULTRAMODERN CONTRACEPTION
Social class and family planning in India
Author: Alaka Malwade Basu
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The Standard Days Method of Family Planning: A Response to Cairo
Author: James N. Gribble
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New Family Planning Technologies Expand Options for Women

Author: Judy Manning and Zeda Rosenberg
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ABortion

Unsafe Abortion: Unnecessary Maternal Mortality
Authors: Lisa B Haddad, Nawal M Nour
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The alternatives 
More than four decades after India legalised abortion, a woman dies of abortion related causes every two hours and unsafe abortions contribute to eight per cent of the total maternal mortality and lead to very high rates of morbidity.
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The Moralising Compass
Author: Neha Dixit
Abortion is legal in India, but it’s only when a woman goes to the clinic that she discovers the hurdles and the stigmatising that is so common among doctors and others in authority
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other Repro Health issues

Reproductive Health Rights Vioaltion

Exploring Evidence for Disrespect and Abuse in Facility-Based Childbirth
Report of a Landscape Analysis
Authors: Diana Bowser, Sc.D., M.P.H. and Kathleen Hill, M.D.
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5 reasons why an end to child marriage will improve maternal health worldwide
Source: Girls Not Bride Blog
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Cervical cancer controversy again - "deaths" reported in research
Author: Eric J Suba
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cross cutting areas

Accessibility and Availability of Health Services

Healthcare Inequity and Physician Scarcity - Empowering Non-Physician Healthcare
 Authors: Abhishek Sharma, Elissa Ladd, and M K Unnikrishnan
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Unfree markets: Socially embedded informal health providers in northern Karnataka, IndiaAuthor: Asha George  and Aditi Iyer

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Non availability of blood

Blood for health’s sake
Author: Bharat Dogra
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 A lifeline that rural India cannot do without
Author: Raman Kataria and Yogesh Jain
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Non availability of Health Care Professionals

Educating a New Generation of Doctors to Improve the
Health of Populations in Low- and Middle-Income
Countries
Authors: Francesca Celletti, Teri A. Reynolds2, Anna Wright, Aaron Stoertz, Manuel Dayrit
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Why is India short of nurses and what can we do about
it?
Author: Soumyadeep Bhaumik
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A Few Good Doctors
Author: Dilip D'Souza
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Ministry asked to prevent corporatisation of health care
Author: Aarti Dhar
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Alarm over prescription drug trade in north-eastAuthor: Iboyaima Laithangbam            Read more
Women groups release gender manifesto for coming general elections
Author: Aarti Dhar
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