
No Hands but Family’s: The First Birth I Ever Saw
Childbirth is one of the most powerful and transformative experiences in life, while hospitals tod...

Empowering the Next Generation: Healthy Beginnings for a Brighter Future
World Health Day 2025 highlights the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” emph...

Viewpoint: Reproductive Autonomy and Its Implications for Public Health in LMICs: A Focus on India
Introduction Reproductive autonomy—the ability to make informed choices about one’s reproducti...

The Culinary Cradle: Exploring the Role of Traditional Food Practices in Optimal Maternal Nutrition and Infant Health
Introduction The health of mothers and infants is a fundamental aspect of public health, and nutrition pl...

Trust and Transformation: A Public Health Journey of Change
Today, I met Mrs Padma, the Village Health Nurse (VHN) who had been working in a small subcentre n...

World Health Day 2025: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures 🌱
What if a child’s health before age two could shape their whole life — education, income, immu...

Navigating Motherhood After a Second Child: The Silent Struggle of Postpartum Pauses and Overcoming Mom Guilt
Motherhood is a transformative journey, and with each child, the experience deepens. While second pregnan...

The women who heal
In the early hours of dawn, before the village awakens, Sunita ties her dupatta firmly around her ...