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Effect of maternity schemes on place of delivery in a tribal block of Gujarat

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The Government of India and Gujarat have launched various maternity schemes to promote institutional deliveries. The Government of Gujarat (GoG) launched Chiaranjeevi Yojana (CY) in 2006 to promote public-private-partnership which allows women living Below Poverty Line (BPL) to deliver free of cost at selected private healthcare facilities. Services are contracted out to empanelled obstetricians from selected private healthcare facilities by paying a fixed fee by the government for conducting a delivery. Another public-private-partnership initiative of the GoG is provision of free transportation for any emergency including women in labour since 2007. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched by the Government of India in 2005 which is a conditional cash transfer programme for women living under BPL to promote institutional delivery in public hospitals. It should be noted that the GoG implemented JSY differently than other states by providing cash transfer during antenatal period and not linking it to place of delivery. At the same time many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) implemented safe motherhood programmes.

Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine

DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.112450

Authors: ShreyA Desai, PankajP Shah, DhirenK Modi, ShobhaP Shah

Institution: Society for Education Welfare and Action Rural

Language: English

Topic: Global Maternal and Child Health

Subfield: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $80