I know ASHAs who have walked through snake-infested fields in the rains to visit women who gave birth in hospitals just to ...

Cases of a low weight at birth from four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal -- account for nearly half of India's cases, despite an overall progress in lowering rates over ...

Exposure to severe levels of air pollution in India is linked to adverse birth outcomes, including pre-term births and low birth weight in newborns, scientists warned in a new study. Studies have ...

In March, Preeti Singh almost died giving birth. The 22-year-old resident of a village about a half hour’s drive from New Delhi was pregnant with twins and planned to give birth with the help of an ...

Santosh Kumar is associate professor of development and global health economics at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. His research explores the intersection of global ...