Around 200 HIV positive couples in Ahmedabad have kicked the dreaded infection in the womb with medical intervention. These families have children who don't carry the burden of their parents' disease. This kind of positive news can reduce the health related apprehension specially regarding AIDS.
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Contrary to the general belief that a majority of pregnant women undergo ultrasonography (USG) only for sex selection, a study shows that 80 per cent of them have given live birth and the remaining had either undergone a pregnancy loss or both live births and abortion. Only 5.4 per cent women who had reported at least one pregnancy loss including still birth, spontaneous abortion and induced abortion, had also undergone an ultrasound test during the reference period.
Source: The Hindu Read more Carrying his ailing seven-month pregnant wife on his back, a nomadic tribal youth walked for almost an entire day before he finally got a vehicle to take her to hospital, in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. While he managed to save his wife, the couple lost their child. The life of the child could have been saved if adequate medical facilities were available in nearing areas. But due to delay in reaching health facilities had left the family in deep loss. There are areas in our country where a primary health care facility is a distant dream
Source: Indian Express Read more Sunita, a young woman in her fourth month of pregnancy in rural Odisha, suddenly discovered that she was bleeding profusely. It took her a while to understand that the situation was serious and called her husband Ramesh. He rushed home from work. They realized they needed to go to a hospital, but discovered they did not have enough money. After spending precious time trying to borrow money, they managed to hire an auto-rickshaw and reached the hospital. But it was too late. There were no doctors or nurses available and Sunita died.
Source: Huffington Post Read more For 75 years, Finland's expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It's like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be used as a bed. And some say it helped Finland achieve one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates. The box includes very simple and day to day things and it has become age old tradition. And the report says that the box had helped to reduce infant mortality rates in Finland. Free distribution of this kind of box can also help developing countries to fight against infant mortality. Source: BBC News Read more Across 250 villages in Maharashtra, pregnant women are feeling a little less confused. They have someone telling them how to take care of themselves this week. They receive this counsel through voice messages on the mobile phone. They receive this counsel where they wish to receive it, even in the privacy of their homes. This is relevant in a state where only 43% of women have freedom to travel alone outside. These messages may spur them to change certain behaviours to benefit them and their babies. This is also a state where 1 million newborn babies die every year. Source: Infochange.org Read more The May 30 release of Madhuri Krishnaswamy, a relentless campaigner for better maternal health for marginalised tribal women in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh one of the most impoverished districts in the central India, has brought temporary peace in the district.Many protesters converged on Barwani, ready to face arrest unless police charges against Krishnaswamy, based on the complaint by a Barwani health official, are withdrawn.
Sources: Huffington Post, The Hindu, Kractivist Blog Read more from Huffington Read more from The Hindu Read more from Kractivist Blog In a woman’s life, pregnancy is a life event and every woman needs a person to rely upon. She seeks a bonding and a certain level of trust, preferably on a person from her own community, so that she can share her health problems. The midwives can help avert roughly 3.6 million deaths by 2015. “Midwives don’t just deliver babies. They enable effective family planning, prevent malaria in pregnancy and mother to child transmission of HIV” Kate Gilmore said at Women Deliver Conference 2013 in Kuala Lumpur. Kate Gilmore is Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA. TAGS: Accessibility of Health Care Services, Health Service Delivery Read more Malnutrition deaths have continued to haunt the tribal hamlet of Attapadi if the figures disclosed in a survey are any indication. It revealed that 483 tribals at Agali were suffering from malnutrition and anaemia.
Read more - Hindu Read more - Times of India Read more - Indian Express It is hard to imagine the pain, agony and helplessness a woman goes through when she loses her child. One million babies die everyday across the world, on the day they are born. Almost 40 percent of these deaths occur in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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