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India’s Northeast is a home to numerous and diverse ethnic communities, each with its own unique socio-cultural characteristics and over 80 per cent of the population live in the rural areas. Many areas within the region are difficult to access. In addition, the region shares long international borders. Economic development has been slow but there has been growth in recent times and many societies are going through a transitional phase. Natural disaster such as floods are of regular occurrences in many areas, which wipes out many developmental gains made previously. Given these complexities, health problems of the masses acquire extra dimensions different to the rest of the country. This review outlines the state of health care infrastructure and availability of services including key health indices and sheds light on universal health coverage in the seven north-eastern states vis-à-vis national scenario using 2005 as the base year, the year in which National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched, which is now renamed as National Health Mission (NHM). The concept of universal health coverage and challenges that India faces are briefly discussed at the outset to describe the context. Based on the survey and critical appraisals, strategic approach required for speedy achievement of universal coverages discussed focussing on the India’s north-east.
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This report is a comprehensive and analytical compilation of health care development of Assam bringing together all available information and data on health and health care.
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Swapna Kakoty
Introduction: Maternal mortality is an important socio-demographic indicator. India has a high maternal mortality ratio and within India the state of Assam has the highest MMR in the country. Though maternal death is a biomedical event there are many factors leading to it. Social and biomedical factors are one such determinant .The present study attempt to analysis the role of such factors in a maternal death at a district level. Material and Method: The study was done in Barpeta district of Assam. The maternal deaths during this year were identified by active and passive surveillance. In 50% of death social autopsy was conducted at the home of the deceased. Results and Observation: In 64 % of maternal death social factors were found to cause or contribute to death of mother. Unlike previously reported in the state, post-partum hemorrhage is the leading cause of death followed by anemia and eclampsia. All villages in which mother died had ANM/ASHA and the mother sought antenatal car...
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Accessing Maternal Health Care in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study in Two Districts of Assam, India
2022 •
Nilangi Sardeshpande
BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdown in India compelled the health system to focus on COVID-19 management. Information from the field indicated the impact of COVID- 19 on the provision of maternal health services. This research presents users' and providers' perspectives about the effect of the pandemic on maternal health services in select districts of Assam.MethodsThe study was undertaken to understand the status of maternal health service provision and challenges faced by 110 pregnant and recently delivered women, 38 health care providers and 18 Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee members during COVID-19 pandemic. Telephonic interviews were conducted with the users identified through simple random sampling. Healthcare providers and the community members were identified purposively.ResultsMost of the interviewed women reported that they could access the health services, but had to spend out-of-pocket (for certain services) despite ...
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EndMMNow No Time to Lose: Fighting Maternal and Infant Mortality through Community Reporting
Francesca Feruglio
No Time to Lose reports on India’s first attempt to collect and map cases of maternal and infant health violations reported by women living in tea gardens through SMS technology. The report is the culmination of the End MM Now Project, which fuses legal empowerment, community monitoring and technology
