According to the statistics given by the World Health Organization(WHO) , almost 45,000 women died from avoidable pre- pregnancy related problems in India in the year 2015. Adolescent girls and rural women are the ones at a higher risk. Lack of well-trained and qualified midwives in rural areas is one of the major reasons behind these deaths. To improve these conditions, the state government has been taking preventive measures and implementing programs to encourage the women to deliver at the medical centers. Still, there is a limited shred of evidence available on the effectiveness of such interventions. This is estimated from the results drawn on the findings from impact calculations of the two state government programs, the Thayi Bhagya Yojana(TBY) in Karnataka and the Chiranjeevi Yojana(CY) in Gujarat, that are aimed at improving the maternal health, mainly amongst women who are living below the poverty line. This step was taken in the early 2000...
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