The Hindu

The future of predictive maternal healthcare: trustworthy data, robust public health teams can help save lives

A model that reads across antenatal records, lab results, maternal age, anaemia status and obstetric history can flag a pregnancy that needs closer observation or identify a woman quietly slipping out of follow-ups. But it needs doctors, nurses, midwives, ASHA workers and public health teams to direct outreach, channel resources and deliver care