Maternal Health Care in Jammu & Kashmir: An Analytical Perspective

In conflict situation around the world, its a common observation that, its a woman, who suffers the most. Jammu & Kashmir has been undergoing geopolitical strife for the past two decades and so as the women. The Utilization of Antenatal care and place of delivery is an important determinant for reducing the risk of infant and maternal death. Antenatal care and Institutional delivery are seen as one of the important intervention for emergency obstetric care. Considering the situation, Jammu and Kashmir has been selected for the study which is geographically difficult area and suffered from political disturbances. However, the figures from J&K are highly encouraging keeping in view that the region has been facing strife and conflict for the past two decades. In Jammu & Kashmir, considerable improvement in the situation of maternal health care has observed in comparison to the overall situation of the country. The rate of progress is slow but steady, and there is positive change in all the women‟s health indicators in Jammu & Kashmir.