Maternal

Although the United States recently experienced a slight drop in maternal deaths, the nation's maternal mortality rate has risen steeply since 2000, a time when it was falling by more than a third globally.

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 has given pregnant women an opportunity to avail an extended paid maternity leave of 26 weeks.

India is considering extending maternity leave to 24 weeks from 12 weeks, a government official said recently.

Published in the American Journal of Public Health, the study was conducted by researchers from Ohio State University. It reveals that the reason behind this slow change is the fact that more than half of ...

Adequate intake of folic acid during pregnancy is likely to protect children from a future risk of obesity.

Every five minutes, a mother dies in India during child birth. Two-thirds of maternal deaths occur after delivery, postpartum hemorrhage being the most commonly reported complication.

A mobile application Swasthya Samiksha was launched here on Thursday which enables Members of Parliament to track women's reproductive health in their constituencies and bring improvement.

A new study, appearing in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, shows that babies who are exposed to maternal fever during the second trimester are likely to have a 40 per higher risk of developing autism spectrum ...

Recently, Mira Kapoor was seen relishing a delicious dessert at her maternal home in Amritsar and needless to say, it has left us hungry!

Dirty water and poor sanitation are at the root of problems such as maternal and child mortality, and sexual violence.