. South Asian Enigma:

You would be surprised to know that our condition is worse than the Sub-Saharan Africa. Popularly known as the ‘South Asian Enigma’, around 30% of Indian babies are born with low birth rates as compared to approximately 16% in the Sub-Saharan Africa. The prime reasons for such beguiling facts are that women in South Asia are inferior in status when it comes to decision making and self-employment, they have less access to resources that can help improve the conditions of health and nutrition, and finally when it comes to hygiene standards and sanitation, South Asia scores less than Africa.