Unlocking Postpartum Depression in rural Bihar Basanti Devi rests by her small thatched hut with a two-week old baby. For 19 year-old Basanti, this is her second unwanted child in consecutive years. Being anaemic, her child weighed merely 1950 gms as it was preterm birth. Post-delivery, she left early from the government health facility fearingContinue reading “Weaving Well-Being: Tailoring Technology & Training Community Cadres to Address Postpartum Depression”
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Diagnosis and Care for MDR TB: A case study from rural Bihar
Diagnosis of a communicable disease like Tuberculosis is terrifying for anyone. Jitendra Kumar and his family members were shattered when he was diagnosed with Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Jitendra lives in Barbatta Panchayat which comes under the Sarairanjan block of the state of Bihar. According to the India TB report 2019, Bihar alone constitutes 5%Continue reading “Diagnosis and Care for MDR TB: A case study from rural Bihar”
Innovators In Health 