Childbirth in South Asia, old paradoxes and new challenges, edited by Cl emence Jullien and Roger Jeffery
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Childbirth in South Asia, old paradoxes and new challenges, edited by Cl emence Jullien and Roger Jeffery
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Childbirth in South Asia
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1269619209
Responsibility statement
edited by Cl emence Jullien and Roger Jeffery
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
old paradoxes and new challenges
Summary
Women in Western countries press for more home deliveries, and to confront some of the effects of the over-medicalisation of motherhood. Most developing countries, by contrast, promote deliveries in clinics and hospitals, and stigmatise women who deliver at home. All of the South Asian countries have been accused of neglecting childbirth and women's healthcare. The Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) prompted important new Government schemes across South Asia, designed to address the issues of safe motherhood and childbirth. The Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030) now mandate further efforts to reduce maternal and neo-natal mortality. This book illustrates the continuing paradoxes as well as the new challenges linked to childbirth in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.--, Provided by publisher
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