Madhya Pradesh, India—It was early April, and Nishad Bano’s due date was fast approaching. Soon, her baby would be born during a nationwide lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people—a frightening though preventive measure against the pandemic. She and her husband, Shahrukh Khan, had big worries and lots of questions. How could they stay healthy? Where
Dakshata and Born Healthy, two Jhpiego programs find place among select programs across India for their innovative approaches and effective strategies in NITI Aayog’s, Health & Nutrition Practice Insight Vol. II. The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed in 2015 and since then, has been serving as the premier policy
Nahar Magra, Block Mavli, District Udaipur Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Pushpa Chanwal remembers those early days when COVID-19 was spreading across the globe and had just reached India. Part of a small team providing health care to 5,100 community members at sub-center Nahar Magra in Udaipur district, she worried that the vulnerable residents of this
