Traditional reproductive health care practices affecting community women in accessing their reproductive rights of maternal health care among the Ethnic Groups of Project Areas in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa: An anthropological study
Authors/Editors: Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust
Publication date: 2008
Language: English
Unpublished report
Overview
Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust has been working in five Eastern Indian States (Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal) to promote reproductive health by advocating the reproductive rights of poor women in this region. Their work showed that the various socio-cultural backgrounds of women in these communities and their geographical locations also affected their health seeking behaviors, with most being based either on international borders, coastal regions or conflict regions. For more informatin contact the Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust.