Our Work

My Birth Counts Survey

Building the evidence on how women are treated in maternity care. An online survey establishing a baseline of data on evidence-based and respectful maternity care in India.

The need

To date in India there is no nationally representative, periodic survey related to evidence-based maternity care and the mistreatment of women when seeking perinatal services.

Private hospitals have few reporting requirements available to the public, and government institutions track only basic outcomes such as mode of delivery and outcome for woman and baby. This lack of transparency protects the interests of private hospitals and not of the patients.

The BBN solution

In response to the lack of detailed data on the treatment of women and the use of medical intervention in maternity care, BBN developed the My Birth Counts Survey. It sets out to:

  • Establish a baseline of data regarding evidence-based, non-evidence-based and respectful maternity care practices
  • Provide these aggregate data to consumers, practitioners, policymakers and stakeholders to empower better-informed choices in improving the quality of maternity care and policy in India

Who can take part

The My Birth Counts Survey is an online, computer-based, self-administered survey in English. You can take it if you are over 18 and have had a baby in the last five years in India.