Lakshmi Geetha Gopalakrishnan

Apr 30, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Nadia Diamond-Smith |Lakshmi Geetha Gopalakrishnan |Hannah H. Leslie |Elizabeth Katz

Introduction Despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality and morbidity remain stubbornly high in South Asia.1 In India, a host of gendered risk factors, such as low women autonomy, early age at marriage, pressure to prove fertility early in marriage and preference for a male child, contribute to adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, including lower levels of perinatal care utilisation and preterm birth, low birth weight, neonatal complications and infant death, as...

Apr 30, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Nadia Diamond-Smith |Lakshmi Geetha Gopalakrishnan |Hannah H. Leslie |Elizabeth Katz

Introduction Despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality and morbidity remain stubbornly high in South Asia.1 In India, a host of gendered risk factors, such as low women autonomy, early age at marriage, pressure to prove fertility early in marriage and preference for a male child, contribute to adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes, including lower levels of perinatal care utilisation and preterm birth, low birth weight, neonatal complications and infant death, as...