Garbh-Ini

Garbh-Ini is an inter discisplinary Group for Advanced Research on Birth outcomes. It aims to discover molecular risk-markers and generate a risk-prediction algorithm for preterm birth which will facilitate timely referral and care for at-risk mothers, thus saving children’s lives and reducing morbidity.

• Under this initiative, a unique pregnancy Cohort comprising >8000 women has been established.In the Cohort, the frequency of Pre Term Birth has been found to be 13%, with high rates of other adverse (still birth rate 2.3%, low birth rate 27%, small for gestational age 38%) birth outcomes.
• The GARBH-Ini platform has also established biorepository of well characterized ....