Kechri village, Block Todabhim, District Karauli, Rajasthan Meena Kumari Jataw, an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) workingfor the last 11 years at a sub center in Rajasthan’s Machri village, is witnessing the perils of the pandemic on the bodies and minds of people every day. Surrounded by the Aravalli mountain range, this agrarian village makes for
While the world’s resources and energy get diverted to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, failure to attend to essential maternal and newborn health services might cost more dearly than the pandemic itself. Jodhpur, Rajasthan Childbirth cannot wait for the pandemic curve to flatten, or for the lockdown to end and life to trickle back to normalcy.
Madhya Pradesh, India “Hello…Hello… I am calling for an ambulance. Please send one immediately” Five minutes later, another call… “Hello please send an ambulance immediately; my son has met with an accident….” This is a regular day in the life of Ms. Monica Mishra, a tele-counselor who attends calls at the government set up emergency
