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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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
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
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
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
Government proposes a ban on commercial surrogacy
The new Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, allows surrogacy only in the case of married couples with medically proven infertility
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 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
Delivering business
What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing
Call a contraceptive
Start-ups in metro cities deliver condoms, emergency contraceptive pills and even pregnancy test kits to ensure you are never caught off-guard
Nearly half of Zika pregnancies result in miscarriages, birth defects
Significant problems were seen among women infected just a few weeks before giving birth
Long wait for justice for pregnancy test drug victims
Victims of hormonal drug, Primodos, in UK have been seeking justice for over 40 years now
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 …
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-…