A motorbike ambulance, a two-wheeler with a sidecar consisting of a hospital bed on wheels, travels on a dirt road through Abhujmarh, or "the unknown hills," to reach a pregnant woman in Kodoli, a remote village near Orchha in central India's Chhattisgarh state, Nov. 15, 2022. These ambulances, first deployed in 2014, reach inaccessible villages to bring pregnant women to an early referral center, a building close to the hospital where expectant mothers can stay under observation, routinely visit doctors if needed until they give birth. Since then the number of babies born in hospitals has doubled to a yearly average of about 162 births each year, from just 76 in 2014. The state has one of the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths for mothers in India, about 1. 5 times the national average, with 137 pregnancy related deaths for mothers per 100,000 births. (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)
A motorbike ambulance, a two-wheeler with a sidecar consisting of a hospital bed on wheels, travels on a dirt road through Abhujmarh, or "the unknown hills," to reach a pregnant woman in Kodoli, a remote village near Orchha in central India's Chhattisgarh state, Nov. 15, 2022. These ambulances, first deployed in 2014, reach inaccessible villages to bring pregnant women to an early referral center, a building close to the hospital where expectant mothers can stay under observation, routinely visit doctors if needed until they give birth. Since then the number of babies born in hospitals has doubled to a yearly average of about 162 births each year, from just 76 in 2014. The state has one of the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths for mothers in India, about 1. 5 times the national average, with 137 pregnancy related deaths for mothers per 100,000 births. (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)
Phagni Poyam, who is nine months pregnant, looks on as driver Sukhram Vadde removes boulders from a riverbed near Kodoli so the ambulance can pass
Phagni Poyam, who is nine months pregnant, looks on as driver Sukhram Vadde removes boulders from a riverbed near Kodoli so the ambulance can pass
The motorbike ambulances try to reach inaccessible villages to bring pregnant women and very sick people to an early referral centre
The motorbike ambulances try to reach inaccessible villages to bring pregnant women and very sick people to an early referral centre
Villagers carrying a sick man cross a stream through Abhujmarh, or 'the unknown hills,' to the nearest health centre, about 20km away
Villagers carrying a sick man cross a stream through Abhujmarh, or 'the unknown hills,' to the nearest health centre, about 20km away
Health workers help heavily pregnant Ms Poyam with her child, as they try to reach the health centre
Health workers help heavily pregnant Ms Poyam with her child, as they try to reach the health centre
Mr Vadde, left, gets help to dig a steep riverbank to make a route for his motorbike ambulance
Mr Vadde, left, gets help to dig a steep riverbank to make a route for his motorbike ambulance
Lata Netam, a health worker, pushes the ambulance carrying Phagni Poyam and her son
Lata Netam, a health worker, pushes the ambulance carrying Phagni Poyam and her son
Ms Netam unsuccessfully tries to push the motorbike ambulance up a steep riverbank
Ms Netam unsuccessfully tries to push the motorbike ambulance up a steep riverbank
Chhattisgarh state has one of the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths in India
Chhattisgarh state has one of the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths in India
Since the ambulances were first used in 2014 the number of babies born in hospitals has doubled to a yearly average of about 162
Since the ambulances were first used in 2014 the number of babies born in hospitals has doubled to a yearly average of about 162
Tribal women walk back to their villages through Abhujmarh after visiting a weekly market in Chhattisgarh state
Tribal women walk back to their villages through Abhujmarh after visiting a weekly market in Chhattisgarh state

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