Overview

SOWC 2009

Newborn care unit in Guna saves many lives

SOWC 2009 India Press Release

SOWC 2009 presentation

SOWC data sheet

SOWC messages

Safe deliveries and safety from mosquitoes: Assam pilots bundling of services to promote maternal health and malaria prevention
When Farida Begum went to deliver, her first baby, at Lahorighat Primary Health Centre (PHC); she came back holding more than her little son, Suhail Alam.

Saving lives of children and women in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh: Just a call away
Around 5 pm on December 26, expectant mother Halki Bai of Berkhari village felt the first contractions of labour. Her husband, Raja Kewat, a farmer, rushed to inform the village health worker, Shamim Bano, that Halki was ready for delivery.

Just born and surviving against all odds
Hemalata is a proud mother of a young baby boy. The only difference is that unlike most new babies born healthy, her son had to fight to survive.