evidence: India achieves the goal of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) elimination [...] Zainab is the one of innumerable mothers in the country who have a similar experience to share, and who are key participants in India’s journey of achieving Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE). [...] After having successfully eradicated the wild poliovirus, India has reached this momentous landmark in child and maternal health. Unlike polio or small pox, tetanus can’t be fully eradicated as the tenacious spores of bacteria causing tetanus, clostridium tetani, are widespread in the environment. WHO considers neonatal tetanus as eliminated from a country when its incidence becomes below one case per 1000 live births per year in every district of the country.