C-Section Rates Rise Among India’s Richest

C-sections have doubled in India. At 36%, the rate of caesareans among women in India’s richest quintile was 9 times higher than the poorest. India’s poor women also lack access to specialised medical care. There is a shortfall of 76% of Gynaecologists across India’s Community health centres accessed by the poor. Watch the video to […]

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Update: 2019-09-24 23:57 GMT
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C-sections have doubled in India. At 36%, the rate of caesareans among women in India’s richest quintile was 9 times higher than the poorest. India’s poor women also lack access to specialised medical care.

There is a shortfall of 76% of Gynaecologists across India’s Community health centres accessed by the poor. Watch the video to know more about the state of access to healthcare during childbirth in India.

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