Chennai: Vitamin Angels India, a non-profit organisation, has tied up with the Puducherry government to bring down malnutrition and child mortality rates in the union territory. Apart from providing Vitamin A and Albendazole tablets for children under five years, the organisation would also extend technical assistance to frontline health workers in Puducherry through comprehensive training…
Maternity care deserts, or areas with limited or no access to maternal health care, are growing throughout the United States. Almost half of U.S. counties are areas where there are no providers offering maternal care.¹ “Women living in these areas are at risk for inadequate and delayed prenatal care, if they receive prenatal care at…
Headquartered in Mohali, Punjab, Developing Indigenous Resources (DIR) works in the Nayagaon slum area on the peripheries of Chandigarh. DIR focuses on maternal and child health and early childhood education. Through a group of health promoters (selected and trained from the community), DIR monitors the health of under-five children and counsels new and to-be mothers…