Mentoring for Maternal Health Young Champion

Agency : Institute of International Education (IIE)

The Maternal Health Young Champions (MHYC) program with funding from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) was designed to support young leaders who were passionate about lowering maternal mortality through new and innovative practices that helped save women’s lives. To reduce maternal mortality and morbidity over the long-term, emerging public health leaders needed to be equipped with the skills, commitment, and vision to respond fully tomultiple causes and consequences of this threat. In 2013, out of a cohort of 10 young people selected to receive this prestigious fellowship to support their development as a leader in the field of maternal health in the country and globally, one of them was hosted by the Institute. TheMHYC conducted a study on “Accessibility to Maternal Health Care in a Paharia and Santhal Village in Jharkhand” to answer the following research questions:

  • How and why do socio-cultural contexts lead to financial and geographical inaccessibility to care during pregnancy and skilled birth attendance among vulnerable tribal populations viz. Santhals and Paharias in Sundarpahari Block, Jharkhand?
  • Is the lack of access stemming from a cultural reluctance of the tribes or from the system which has not reached out to these communities?
  • How do thewomen of the twocommunities cope with these access-related barriers?
  • How and to what extent do the government programs and schemes related to provision of care during pregnancy and skilled birth attendance address the inaccessibility concerns of the populations?


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