1. The wider global context & agenda-setting by the Lancet Commission on [Optimising caesarean section use](https://www.thelancet.com/series/caesarean-section) 2. Some public hospitals in Karnataka (e.g, Tumkur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Udupi etc) are reporting >50% (sometimes 60-70%) of their deliveries by CS 3. High level summary of *Consultation Workshop on Multilevel Framework for CS deliveries in Public Hospitals* organised by AS at IPH with inputs/experts from CommonHealth & Fernandes Hospital 4.