maternal mortality

When his sister struggled with checkups, Madurai’s Senthil Kumar built JioVio Healthcare. With tools like AlloTricorder and Allowear, he’s helping lakhs of rural women detect risks early and saving thousands of high-risk pregnancies.

Senthil Kumar Murugesan's JioVio is an AI-powered wearable that monitors high-risk pregnancies in rural India, detecting complications early to reduce maternal mortality and improve healthcare access.

Dr Ganesh Babu, medical officer at a PHC in Chhattisgarh, is using mobile phones as an incentive for pregnant village women to access timely healthcare.

On a regular day, she starts seeing patients from as early as 8 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. On an average, she sees about 60 patients each day.

Here are five encouraging takeaways from the latest National Family Health Survey.

After years of struggle and many mothers and newborns losing their life to maternal and neonatal tetanus, India has finally been declared free of this infection by WHO. Three cheers to the better health of the country.