One of India’s greatest public health successes has been the dramatic fall in maternal and infant mortality throughout the 21st century. Usage of harmful, outdated practices happens across India, and even privileged women thus bear a lot of unnecessary morbidity. It is an issue that suffers from sitting at the intersection of India’s challenges in both women’s disempowerment and health …
Since Cairns Private Hospital shut down its maternity services last October, Dr Elizabeth Jackson has not been able to deliver babies. The forum discussed recent closures across the country as well as the need for birth data to be made public. Professor Stephen Robson, federal president of the Australian Medical Association, said the closure of maternity services across the country …
