Childbearing Expenses Push 47% Of Indian Women Into Poverty

Childbearing Expenses Push 47% Of Indian Women Into Poverty

Catastrophic maternal healthcare expenses push 46.6% mothers in India into poverty–with the illiterate being especially susceptible–according to this December 2016 study by researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. The expenses include childbirth, antenatal care and postnatal care expenses.

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