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Nutritionist, Neetu Kumari (right) counsels 20 year Asha Devi on breastfeeding her new born child while Asha's mother in law looks on at their hut in village Sanau Sultan in Seohar district in Bihar, India. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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Maternal Health in India, India's Fragile Healthcare System
Nutritionist, Neetu Kumari (right) counsels 20 year Asha Devi on breastfeeding her new born child while Asha's mother in law looks on at their hut in village Sanau Sultan in Seohar district in Bihar, India. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos