Maternity Foundation

The proceeds of the sale of Deepika Padukone's designer maternity dress will go to her NGO, The Live Love Laugh Foundation

The donation worth $2 million will be used by a soon-to-established foundation that will work on water and sanitation facilities and maternal and child health groups in India.

Using digitized maps and coloured bindis, a unique initiative in rural Rajasthan is keeping track of the health of pregnant women and children. The effort is also bringing together the frontline (AAA) workers – ASHA Sahyogini, Anganwadi Worker (AWW) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) – who otherwise have distinct functions, towards a common goa...

Mumbai: A high-tech bangle that alerts pregnant women to toxic fumes and issues audio tips promises to boost maternal health in India and other South Asian countries, as smart devices deliver ever more services to remote communities. The colourful, lightweight bangle feeds information directly to expectant mothers – and is built to withstand the...

Famed philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who set up one of Pakistan's biggest welfare organisations and was revered as a "living saint" by many in the South Asian country, died in hospital late on Friday.

The "Safe Delivery App", created by the Danish development organisation the Maternity Foundation, provides simplified instructions and animated films to deal with emergency situations

In Ethiopia where almost nine in every 10 women give birth at home after pregnancies with little or no medical support, a mobile phone app is coming to the rescue with lifesaving guidelines when things go wrong.

American India Foundation (AIF) has raised $200,000 for its Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI), designed to reduce maternal and child mortality in rural, impoverished areas of India.

The proceeds of the sale of Deepika Padukone's designer maternity dress will go to her NGO, The Live Love Laugh Foundation

The donation worth $2 million will be used by a soon-to-established foundation that will work on water and sanitation facilities and maternal and child health groups in India.

Using digitized maps and coloured bindis, a unique initiative in rural Rajasthan is keeping track of the health of pregnant women and children. The effort is also bringing together the frontline (AAA) workers – ASHA Sahyogini, Anganwadi Worker (AWW) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) – who otherwise have distinct functions, towards a common goa...

Mumbai: A high-tech bangle that alerts pregnant women to toxic fumes and issues audio tips promises to boost maternal health in India and other South Asian countries, as smart devices deliver ever more services to remote communities. The colourful, lightweight bangle feeds information directly to expectant mothers – and is built to withstand the...

Famed philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who set up one of Pakistan's biggest welfare organisations and was revered as a "living saint" by many in the South Asian country, died in hospital late on Friday.

The "Safe Delivery App", created by the Danish development organisation the Maternity Foundation, provides simplified instructions and animated films to deal with emergency situations

In Ethiopia where almost nine in every 10 women give birth at home after pregnancies with little or no medical support, a mobile phone app is coming to the rescue with lifesaving guidelines when things go wrong.

American India Foundation (AIF) has raised $200,000 for its Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI), designed to reduce maternal and child mortality in rural, impoverished areas of India.