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Addressing Unique Challenges and Needs

Unique challenges and needs shape women's health in India, influenced by socio-economic, cultural, and infrastructural factors. Explore how these diverse influences affect access to healthcare<br>

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Addressing Unique Challenges and Needs

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  1. Addressing Unique Challenges and Needs

  2. 1. Maternal Health and Mortality Indeed, the rate of maternal deaths has dramatically fallen in India; nonetheless, the country has many more challenges, especially in rural regions, due to fewer health care facilities. The country holds one-fifth of all reported maternal deaths as reported by the WHO. Most of such deaths are preventable and are related to complications, such as hemorrhage, infection, and unsafe abortions.

  3. 2. Reproductive and Sexual Health Access to contraception is an important core that has evolved from reproductive health concerns, though issues on menstrual hygiene and safe access to abortion services also feature. There are many governmental measures taken under schemes like Mission Parivar Vikas and others aimed at providing family planning services across areas of high fertility. It is not stratified across the country concerning awareness and availability. Many women, mostly from rural and other low-resource settings, have no source of information on contraception, nor are they any less likely to be rebuked by family or society when they raise issues of reproductive health.

  4. 3. NCDs and Chronic Illness As the burden of NCDs like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer increases in India, women are disproportionately seen affected due to delayed diagnosis, poor health awareness, and socio-economic barriers. Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the two most common cancers among Indian women, and while schemes like RSBY aim to provide financial coverage for critical illnesses, challenges around timely detection and treatment remain. Even women’s health takes a knock back because of household responsibilities, hence delaying timely medical services.

  5. 4 .Mental Health and Gender-based Violence Mental health amongst Indian women lacks value accorded by the society, while these are blighted by cultural stigmas and loads of managing every other household chores, childcare, and employment in some quarters. Women suffering from post-partum depression and anxiety or other forms of mental illness are always hesitant to get assistance due to societal taboos. GBV, which is broadly defined to include domestic abuse as well as sexual violence, also influences mental and physical health and contributes to long-term trauma and chronic conditions.

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