Ohno, NaokoEl-Saharty, SamehSarker, IntissarRajan, VikramSecci, Federica2015-01-202015-01-202014-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21291India is the third largest economy and has the second largest population in the world. It achieved millennium development goal (MDG) on poverty reduction; however, gender inequality still persists. Maternal mortality rate is 190 deaths per 100,000 live births, representing a 65 percent decline from 1990. Fertility fell to 2.5, while contraceptive prevalence rate increased to nearly 55 percent. Seventy-four percent of women sought antenatal care (ANC) from a qualified provider and 52 percent of births were attended by qualified providers. Wide gaps in contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and access to skilled-birth attendance remain by geography and wealth quintile. India will focus on preventing unwanted pregnancies especially among adolescents; improving demand-side strategies; strengthening access and quality in public and private sectors; improving antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal care; strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M and E) systems and reducing inequities; and improving nutrition.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADOLESCENTADOLESCENT FERTILITYADOLESCENTSAGE AT MARRIAGEANTENATAL CAREBEHAVIOR CHANGEBLOOD PRESSURECHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBEARINGCOMPLICATIONSCONDOMSCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USEEDUCATION OF GIRLSFAMILY HEALTHFEMALEFEMALE STERILIZATIONFEMALESFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFIRST BIRTHFIRST MARRIAGEFIRST PREGNANCYFRIENDLY CLINICSGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYHETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSEHIGH-RISKHIGH-RISK PREGNANCIESHIVHIV INFECTIONSHIV/AIDSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINEQUITIESLIVE BIRTHSMALE CONTRACEPTIONMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL DEATHMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH SERVICESMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMATERNAL NUTRITIONMOTHERSNATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPREGNANCY OUTCOMESPREGNANT WOMENPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF CAREREFERRAL SYSTEMREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMESRURAL AREASRURAL WOMENSAFE ABORTIONSAFE MOTHERHOODSCREENINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE UTILIZATIONSEXSEX WORKERSSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCESOCIAL MOBILITYUNDPUNFPAUNICEFUNWANTED PREGNANCIESURBAN AREASURBAN WOMENWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUTH10.1596/21291