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a) Background: Tribal population’s inhabitations are scattered throughout the country making it difficult to reach out to them .  With more than a 100 million tribes inhabiting in our country, they have remained marginal with poor health and large unmet needs. Tribal health is definitively different from the non-tribal communities due to various social, environmental and physical factors which are interlinked, which they play a major role during pregnancy and childhood. There is lack of data on some of the maternal and neonatal health indicators of the tribal population what data is available indicates that  they are often poor compared to the non-tribal communities.(2)

Hence there is a need for a strong foundational data to understand how various factors are interlinked and how these factors will affect pregnancy and birth outcomes. This data is crucial, and it will help us formulate better policies and achieve high standards of health for all.