Maternal health program in India failing to deliver, study shows
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 16:40
in Health & Medicine
The Chiranjeevi Yojana program aimed at reducing infant and maternal deaths in rural India by encouraging mothers to deliver in private hospitals has been unsuccessful, despite the investment of more than $25 million since 2005, a new study finds. The program in Gujarat, a state in northwestern India, received the Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award in 2006 and has been hailed by some as a model for wide adoption throughout India.