China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024. Experts warn the decline could worsen as birth rates stay near ...

With only 30 per cent of Chinese women currently receiving pain relief during labour, China moves to close the gap and make ...

China is mandating epidurals in all tertiary hospitals by the year-end to promote a more friendly childbearing environment for women.

The country began piloting the expansion of childbirth anesthesia at 912 hospitals across 30 provincial-level regions in 2018 ...

In 2018, China launched a national pilot program to promote labor pain relief, participated in by more than 900 hospitals. As ...

Jiangsu province in eastern China included epidural anesthesia — priced at ... As of March, nearly 80,000 pregnant women had benefited from the policy change.

China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anesthesia during childbirth, a move ...

China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth, a ...