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Health-Seeking Behaviour and Reproductive Rights of Antenatal Women in Delhi

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Pregnancy and childbirth in developing countries, in particular, are not free from disease, disability, and death among women in the reproductive age. They account for at least 18% of the burden of disease in this age group (15–45 years) which is more than any other single health problem. Serious negligence and other socio-economic constraints make the reproductive health problems of women more complicated. Despite having a complete package of maternal and child health programme in India, almost one hundred thousand women die every year during delivery.

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    In some states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the antenatal care records have reported that more than five per cent pregnant women are infected by HIV virus.

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  1. Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna, Bihar, India

    Sweta Kumari Gupta

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  1. School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Anuradha Banerjee

  2. Departmrnt of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Barddhaman, West Bengal, India

    Narayan Chandra Jana

  3. Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Vinod Kumar Mishra

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Gupta, S.K. (2020). Health-Seeking Behaviour and Reproductive Rights of Antenatal Women in Delhi. In: Banerjee, A., Jana, N., Mishra, V. (eds) Population Dynamics in Contemporary South Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1668-9_6

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