Mother and child health

ABSTRACTOne of the most powerful relationships is in between a mother’s health and her child’s overall development. Throughout the world, especially in the developing countries, there is an increasing concern and interest in maternal and child health care. Woman is major determinant for her family’s development and indirectly to a nation so higher priority should be laid on policies for woman and child health. Unani can help improving Mother and Child Health (MCH) through increased access to low cost high quality healthcare, free from undesirable side-effects. This article emphasizes the Unani ways to conserve and maintain MCH so as to provide a healthy environment to upcoming generation. It highlights the potentials of Unani medicine and suggests ways to adopt these practices. Keywords: Mother and child health; MCH; Unani Medicine; AYUSH; Maternal.