Tricked and uninformed : Why so many young girls in Kenya are getting pregnant

About 1 in 5 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have begun having children

Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother’s immune system not to attack developing fetus

How does the immune system generally learn what to attack and what not to attack? A study tries to find out 

Abortion in India: Experts call for changes

Even as the government puts finishing touches to changes in India’s old abortion law, experts say change is the need of the hour

Tobacco use during pregnancy: A threat to motherhood

Safe motherhood includes all measures to ensure women receive adequate care & stay healthy throug childbirth; the outcome being a healthy …

This is what happens to a baby’s body during birth

A new paper reveals just how much a baby’s head is pushed and distorted during delivery

SC order on abortion strengthens body autonomy, but still a long way to go, say experts

Unmarried woman allowed to end pregnancy at 24 weeks; Might be a precedent for future cases

COVID-19 disruptions caused 1.4 million unintended pregnancies: Study

An estimated 12 million women faced this disruption to family planning services for a duration of 3.6 months on an average  

Adolescent fertility rate, teenage pregnancies decline in Indian states: NFHS-5

Tripura records the highest adolescent fertility rate for women aged 15-19 years; Goa the least

Heat exposure during pregnancy can lead to severe maternal morbidity: Study

Long-term heat exposure was linked with a 27% increase in the risk of severe maternal morbidity

Decline in adolescent pregnancies ‘alarmingly slow’ in developing countries: UN

Central & southern Asia has one of the highest likelihoods of rapid repeat pregnancies 

Just 12% women in Nigeria used modern contraceptive methods: Report

Over 83 per cent women in Nigeria were not using any contraceptive methods for pregnancy prevention in 2018

The Tokyo Olympics will be the games of all mothers

Now that pregnancy no longer marks the end of an athlete’s career, many elite athletes not only return to sport, but go on to break …

Pregnancy during COVID-19 lockdown: How the pandemic has affected new mothers

What happens when an expectant mother’s in-person social network shrinks or disappears overnight?  

Study reveals link between teenage pregnancy and child stunting

Adolescent mothers were more likely to be anaemic compared with adult mothers and anaemia was associated with reduced child growth, find the study

Study finds mechanism for mother-child transmission of immunity to chickenpox

New finding takes understanding on how babies are protected against infections such as chickenpox to a different level

PM Matruvtva Vandana Yojna: Full benefit for mere 14% pregnant women

Current scheme goes against National Food Security Act, activists allege; seek Rs 6,000 minimum benefit

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

It isn’t only the mothers who are suffering — the in-hospital mortality of babies after Caesarean delivery was double that of high-…

3,000 adolescents die every day of preventable causes: WHO

Gains from investments in maternal and child health programmes are not sustained in adolescence

Female foeticide: Are doctors the fall guys?

Sex determination is an issue related to the degraded moral values of a few. Introducing six months of ultrasound training can't inculcate moral …

Institutional deliveries double in a decade

After the introduction of cash incentives under Janani Suraksha Yojana in 2005, institutional deliveries increased from 39 per cent in 2005 to 78 …

Soon, a contraceptive pill for men they can pop hours before sex

The contraceptive doesn’t suppress any hormone, thus eliminating the side-effects of male hormone deficiency

800 women still die in childbirth every day globally: Unicef report

The lowest coverage levels tend to be in the poorest countries where maternal mortality levels are highest, it says

India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress

This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016

Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia

Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…

This district in Bihar ignores antenatal care; budget allocation very low: survey

Almost 95 per cent of funds allocated for nutrition intervention for pregnant women in Bihar’s Purnea district were utilised for …