Exploring Strategies For Safe Motherhood

In spite of the lack of proper initiative and planning centenary of its illustrious founder Arya Vaidyan PV from the public health departments to streamline the Rama Varier and the International Grand Centennial strengths of traditional medicine for maternal health, Convention and Arogya Ayurveda Expo 2008 being many individuals and organizations have worked held in Coimbatore between 21 and 24 of August, extensively towards this goal in many pocket areas of 2008 will mark the culmination of the year long event. the country. The experience of such workers spreading over several decades in the last century can Commitment to promotion of Ayurveda as a science very well form the basis for afresh enquiry into this that will contribute for public good has been a area. cherished ideal of the founder and the pulse of all the activities at Arya Vaidya Pharmacy. We are extremely thankful to Dr. Anuradha Singh, who graciously came forward as guest editor of this We have great pleasure in dedicating the Centennial issue, for having organized a collection of papers from issue of our research journal Ancient Science of Life experts to create a panoramic perspective on what to explore the contributions that Ayurveda can make contributions traditional medicine can make for for maternal health in the public health care domain. maternal health. For the last several years, the ASL has published papers based on research done The application of traditional medicine for maternal predominantly in the field of phytochemistry, health has long been recognized as a priority but the pharmacology, microbiology, pharmacognosy and the vast potential in this area remains to be tapped like. For a change, this issue of ASL does not contain effectively to make a beneficial impact on maternal submissions that report research that has already been mortality rate as well as health of the mother and the completed. Indeed, a pause is necessary at times to new born. India's infant mortality rate stands at 57 per stop and think about new avenues for research and we 1,000 live birthsmore than impoverished Eritrea and are quite sure that the papers in this issue of ASL will Bangladesh. India's maternal mortality rate of 300 open the door to new research possibilities. per 100, 000 live birth is three time that of Botswana. Rather this issue of ASL draws our attention to an Health official feel that the major reason for the high important …