Training Camp on Safe Motherhood in Rural India: A Research Note |
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Authors: | Nirupama Prakash |
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Affiliation: | 1. Birla Institute of Technology &2. Science , Pilani, India rupa@bits-pilani.ac.in rupa_prakash@hotmail.com |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT The Center for Women Studies at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Rajasthan), India made an effort to combine theory and practice by implementing some of the discussions of an international conference that the center had organized on safe motherhood. A clinic was set up as a medical training camp in a village near Pilani. Measures to ensure safe motherhood included check-ups, interventions, advocacy, and counseling at the grassroots level. As a follow-up, the center has adopted the 12 by 12 initiative of the Government of India to ensure that each child has a percentage hemoglobin of 12 grams by the age of 12 years with special focus on adolescent girls. |
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Keywords: | Empower women mother's health rural health teaching about women's health |
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