In Assam, text messages are saving the lives of new mothers

On a sunny, winter afternoon here on India’s eastern edge, in an land where mothers die in the highest proportion nationwide, a few men, children, and about 40 women – either pregnant or cradling infants – listened to a robust, articulate woman talk in the local Sadri dialect about a text message that could save their lives.

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On a sunny, winter afternoon here on India’s eastern edge, in an land where mothers die in the highest proportion nationwide, a few men, children, and about 40 women – either pregnant or cradling infants – listened to a robust, articulate woman talk in the local Sadri dialect about a text message that could save their lives.

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