Niira Radia’s Nayati Healthcare working towards reducing maternal mortality in Western Uttar Pradesh

Mathura: Maternal mortality, or in simpler terms, death of a woman during pregnancy or childbirth, is a problem that plagues the country at large. It is even worse in Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the country — 285 out of 100,000 live births, against a national average of 167 out of 100,000 live births.

The major contributing factors to high maternal mortality rate include negligence towards women’s health needs, malnutrition, unwanted pregnancies, septic abortions, non- availability of antenatal care and proper delivery facilities, and the lack of adequate tertiary care facilities.

Talking about the high maternal mortality rate in the region, Niira Radia , Chairperson of Mathura-based Nayati Healthcare said, Niira Radia added, “Creating awareness around maternal and child health is not just the responsibility of the government, the private sector has an equal responsibility to shoulder. Being the largest healthcare provider of the region, we have been undertaking several awareness and educational programs to reach out to women across communities at the grass roots including working with government. Besides, we also have a massive outreach program dedicated to improving maternal health outcome and enhancing quality of life in the most remote locations across Western Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.