Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition

Amit Sharma · Thakur Gurjeet Singh

Nov 2025 · Springer Nature

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The book offers insights into maternal and child health, the health service provided to women in their childbearing age and children. The targets for maternal child health include all women in their reproductive age groups up to 49 years and children from toddlers to adolescents. The book emphasizes maternal health as the health of the gestational parent during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. The book also teaches the term "mother" as "gestational parent," inclusive of people who can become pregnant of various genders. This book also collates the importance of maternal and newborn nutrition supporting development and greater economic prosperity, as good nutrition in the beginning years of childhood supports a healthy start for children. At the same time, pregnant women need good food for their well-being and their babies' health regarding cognitive behavior, language, and personal–social skill development. The book also covers the aspects of maternal malnutrition resulting in compromised children's health and development. This book also provides relevance to good maternal health care and nutrition, promoting child survival and preventing adverse conditions like stillbirths and neonatal deaths. The book also covers maternal age, parity, education, marital status, and socio-economic status.

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Prof. (Dr.) Amit Sharma is a distinguished academician, researcher, and clinical pharmacist, currently serving as Professor at Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, with more than 16.8 years of professional experience in academia, clinical practice, and research. His areas of specialization include pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacovigilance, drug utilization studies, and comparative clinical research. Dr. Sharma has authored four books, filed five patents, and published over 99 research and review papers in highly reputed, peer-reviewed, and indexed journals with a cumulative impact factor of nearly 200.

Dr. Thakur Gurjeet Singh, Dean at Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, is globally recognized among Stanford’s top 2% scientists. With 17+ years of academic and industrial expertise, he has authored 430+ papers (7822 citations, H-Index 46), 39 book chapters, 11 books, and filed 203 patents (21 granted). His research spans neuropharmacology, pharmacological preconditioning, substance dependence, and drug discovery. A mentor to 20+ Ph.D. and 90+ postgraduates, he continues to advance translational science in neurodegenerative and metabolic disorders.

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