Follow AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-pregnancy Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:39:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKl9vp_V3uTBarkJyTkC_2b [The Conversation Africa] Foetal alcohol syndrome is a lifelong condition caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. It's a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not all prenatal alcohol exposure results in the syndrome; it is the most severe form of a range of effects called foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.]]> Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:41:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKl9vp_V3uTBarkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIqWqgMxrvkUASngkwrdsok [The Point] Single motherhood is a journey that millions of women around the world embark on daily. In The Gambia, however, the challenges faced by single mothers are compounded by cultural and societal norms that place a heavy emphasis on marriage and family values.]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:09:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIqWqgMxrvkUASngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKD-tkQE8jhHiVCAQLB0bf5 [Daily News] TANZANIA Ports Authority (TPA) has donated 21m/- worth of delivering beds to Temeke Hospital to enable pregnant women are delivering in a better environment.]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:13:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKD-tkQE8jhHiVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIevR6VLdcY3Fw3HFUzDTIP [This Day] Port Harcourt -- A fertility specialist hospital, Bridge Clinics has disclosed that its facility has achieved the safe delivery of 3102 babies, since inception, in 1999.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:06:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIevR6VLdcY3Fw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwLm1cyUDP_DqXCrAHWlao0B [Premium Times] Birth registration is a permanent and official record of a child's existence, and provides legal recognition of that child's identity.]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 08:38:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwLm1cyUDP_DqXCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKGFyaosjoMIQSngkwrdsok [allAfrica]]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 07:55:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKGFyaosjoMIQSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIIOp7aSpAC_BKeetMRuZbW [Ghanaian Times] A total of 20 new mothers at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital and Mother and Child Hospital, Kasoa have had their bills paid for by StarLife Assurance, paving way for them to be discharged.]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 13:32:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIIOp7aSpAC_BKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKt6BNnkwB0dO4DA87rvhPr [UNFPA] United Nations, New York -- According to an African proverb, "the sun should not rise or set twice on a labouring woman".]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 06:26:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKt6BNnkwB0dO4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKLPH0AZvfuWs4HQhe4ZUzd [Nile Post] Government has mooted a plan to establish breast milk banks around the country.]]> Tue, 23 May 2023 10:05:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKLPH0AZvfuWs4HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIAwHSsE1cOG0ZPHFZJLI3I [VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help.]]> Tue, 23 May 2023 09:03:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIAwHSsE1cOG0ZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKf4TCwQVddAgaB2UxGNFpJ [Namibian] The Hildes Women and Youth Empowerment Organisation, in collaboration with Unesco, earlier this month hosted a one-day workshop themed 'Say No to Teenage Pregnancy' #Academic First, to consider the causes of teenage pregnancy and prevention measures.]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 11:43:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKf4TCwQVddAgaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwK-SsgsjJYrqoMOI2eu70Rg [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The uncle of Barcelona and Ivorian midfielder Gustave Bailly has admitted that the African star is aware of the news of a Liberian woman claiming to be his biological mother.]]> Wed, 17 May 2023 13:04:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwK-SsgsjJYrqoMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKEnGGMTdmvb6rkJyTkC_2b [allAfrica] Every 2 seconds, a baby is born too soon. Every 40 seconds, one of those babies dies, according to a report released by United Nations agencies and partners titled Born Too Soon: Decade of Action on Preterm Birth.]]> Wed, 17 May 2023 12:01:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwKEnGGMTdmvb6rkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwJzvisXlz9cE2ZMehmtHS8- [Daily News] Zanzibar -- ABOUT 160 young mothers who dropped out of school for various challenges in Unguja North Region, will benefit from entrepreneurship skills in a one-year project initiated by Forum for African Women Educationalists Zanzibar (FAWE Zanzibar).]]> Wed, 17 May 2023 09:07:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwJzvisXlz9cE2ZMehmtHS8- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwILymAJvW6GzDRQaTQYXBS9 [Daily News] TANZANIA has achieved yet another significant milestone by lowering the under-five mortality rate by 36 per cent in just six years.]]> Mon, 15 May 2023 11:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwILymAJvW6GzDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwJKmeRkl0LTDN5ZnUTwRGH7 [Nile Post] Stanbic Bank in partnership with the Ministry of Health on Friday launched the Corporate Society for Safe Motherhood (CSSM), an initiative to improve maternal health services across Uganda.]]> Mon, 15 May 2023 10:39:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwJKmeRkl0LTDN5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIBlVk8BHn0KHOFESPuQWsX [allAfrica] Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) affects about 14 million women each year and claims the lives of around 70 000 women annually - mostly in low and middle-income countries - the equivalent to 1 death every 6 minutes. PPH is defined as the loss of more than 500ml of blood within 24 hours after birth, it is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide.]]> Fri, 12 May 2023 17:06:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIBlVk8BHn0KHOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwI7X93nc0mHs4vmyuk5fxzE [Premium Times] The report noted that in 2020, 788 women and children died 'per thousand' in India and 540 women and children 'per thousand' died in Nigeria.]]> Thu, 11 May 2023 06:38:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwI7X93nc0mHs4vmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwI7X93nc0mHsy1Ly282xAAw [Leadership] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked Nigeria as the second country with the highest number of maternal, neonatal and child deaths globally.]]> Thu, 11 May 2023 06:38:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwI7X93nc0mHsy1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIPyoWf06RD59KEpFgimKzx [UNFPA] Joint Op-ed by Lydia Zigomo, Regional Director, UNFPA East and Southern Africa and Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, Director of UNFPA Technical Division]]> Thu, 11 May 2023 06:31:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/_wenwPcunwIPyoWf06RD59KEpFgimKzx