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Fig. 1 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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From: Referral care for high-risk pregnant women in rural Rajasthan, India: a qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators

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In India, the public health system begins at the village level, where the ASHA (accredited social health activist) spreads health awareness for multiple health programs, identifies and counsels eligible couples for family planning, guides pregnant women to referral facilities, and identifies postnatal infant danger signs. At the sub-center, the ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife) conducts antenatal care and child checkups, provides nutritional supplements, and performs immunizations. Here, women and children are identified as high risk and referred for higher level care at the primary health center, where the Medical Officer (MO) treats them and conducts deliveries

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