“In India, 78,000 women die in childbirth each year; a woman dies every seven minutes due to problems related to pregnancy and childbirth, said a UNICEF report.
The risk of dying at childbirth in India is 300 times higher than in
industrialised countries. ‘No other death rate is so unequal,’ said Dr. Karin Hulshof, UNICEF India Representative at the launch of its The State of The World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health report.”
-Sanchita Sharma
http://www.hindustantimes.com/
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 am
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) services are compromised for the lack of support from State governments. This is the cause for the situation.