Community-based health programmes in parts of India Ethiopia and Nigeria have been successful in improving health care for mothers and newborns but inequities still exist says a new study. The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). According to the researchers underlying inequities in these rural settings mean that more work is needed to reach the poorest families who bear the greatest burden of maternal and newborn mortality. Our findings have both an optimistic and a pessimistic interpretation in that families from all socio-economic status groups benefited but inequities have also persisted said Indian-origin researcher Tanya Marchant from
