Bhopal, April 14 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyaan (PMSMA), which provides ante-natal care to expecting mothers, is yielding significant benefits for scores of pregnant women in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district. A recent health check-up camp at the district hospital saw hundreds of pregnant women from the city and adjoining regions gather at the centre for free health check-ups and tests.According to hospital administration, 14 women were screened for high-risk pre…
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New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday said that India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women under the GARBH‑INi initiative aims to develop indigenous, AI‑driven solutions to prevent preterm births.Singh at an event here, said the study supports creation of AI-based pregnancy dating models tailored for Indian populations, identification of microbiome-based predictors of preterm birth, rapid diagnostic tools, a…
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) After reports of women giving birth alone behind bars, US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require every federal prison housing women to employ a full-time obstetrician-gynaecologist.The proposed Ensuring OB-GYN Care in Prisons Act seeks to amend US law to ensure access to obstetrician-gynaecologists for female prisoners.The bill, introduced by Representatives Valerie Foushee, Yassamin Ansari, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, comes amid growing concern over the…
Sabarkantha, Feb 25 (IANS) A district-level nutrition initiative in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district has reported improvements in maternal health and birth weights after a year of targeted support for underweight pregnant women. The “Lalan Palan” project was launched by the Sabarkantha District Panchayat in coordination with the Health Department as part of the Gujarat government’s efforts to address malnutrition.The scheme provides free nutritional kits every two weeks to pregnant women wei…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Affirmative action in local government leadership can significantly help improve health outcomes, particularly infant survival and maternal prenatal care, in India, according to a study, led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow on Tuesday.The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal, offers important insights into how structural interventions can address long-established social and health inequit…
Canberra, Dec 22 (IANS) Researchers in Australia have uncovered a biological process that could explain some stillbirths and pave the way for early detection and prevention.The study reveals that the placenta, the vital lifeline between mother and baby, can age too quickly during pregnancy, compromising its ability to nourish the baby and increasing the risk of stillbirth, a media release from Australia’s Flinders University said on Monday.The team, led by Flinders University researchers, discov…