Mums-to-be should ALWAYS sleep on their side to prevent stillbirth
WOMEN should sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to reduce their risk of stillbirth, new research suggests. A study of more than 1,000 women found the risk of stillbirth was...
View ArticleUganda Rises Up in Unprecedented Opposition to 31-Year Dictator
During the early morning hours of September 21, nine young activists -- all in their twenties -- hauled a coffin toward a police station in the northern city of Lira. The coffin was draped with posters...
View ArticleWhy Have So Many Gone Too Soon?
2016 has been a particularly poignant year in terms of loss. So many treasures of the celebrity world have passed away including David Bowie, Terry Wogan, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Daniels, Victoria Wood...
View ArticleBetter care could save hundreds of stillborn babies, says report
There are more than 1,000 stillbirths each year and out of a sample of 85, researchers found failures in the pregnancy care of half of them...
View ArticleGetting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur (UNFPA - United Nations...
(Source: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund) WEST DARFUR, Sudan - Something was terribly wrong. Zahra Zakaria was eight months pregnant when she went into labour in a tent in Kondabi, a remote...
View ArticleProject to increase antenatal attendance in U/W underway
Dubbed “Innovations for maternal, newborn and child health,” the project is an initiative of Concern Worldwide, a United States of America based non-governmental organisation with support from the Bill...
View ArticleAll about baby - tips on getting ready for big arrival
Gas, air and the epidural are what automatically spring to mind when you think of pain relief during labour and childbirth. But there are a number of “natural” or non-pharmacological methods of pain...
View ArticlePrunella Briance obituary
Founder of the National Childbirth Trust who was an indefatigable defender of the rights of women to information around birth...
View ArticleAiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve overall experience, UN launches...
Print 8 November 2016 The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a new prenatal care model, designed to enhance pregnancy the experience for women, and reduce the risk of...
View ArticleHaiti field post: my life as a midwife
As a nurse, I felt frustrated when I couldn’t do anything to help women in labour. I trained as a midwife to help ensure mothers and babies survive childbirth...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s child support grant should start in pregnancy (University of...
(Source: University of the Witwatersrand) 8 February 2017 - Matthew Cherisch and Sharon Fonn Pregnancy and childbearing reduces women's income-generating potential and introduces a host of new...
View ArticleMaternal Monday II - What Is Your Moment of Obligation?
Last week, we kicked off our #MaternalMonday Stories campaign, sharing the moments that inspired the Wellbeing Foundation Africa team to dedicate their lives to improving reproductive, maternal,...
View ArticleWelfare of New Born Children and Mothers (Ministry of Health and Family...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) The Government of India under the National Health Mission (NHM) is implementing following interventions across all States and...
View ArticlePregnant women must be able to access the right care at the right time, says...
(Source: WHO - World Health Organization) News release 7 November 2016 | GENEVA -WHO has issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal care in order to reduce the risk of...
View ArticleCall to review baby death rates at more than 20 NHS trusts and boards
Inquiry urges those with higher than average stillbirth and newborn death rates to examine their maternity care to see if mistakes were made...
View ArticleFighting fistula: Razia's brave recovery from pregnancy nightmare
In a remote village in central Pakistan a teenage girl is screaming for help in unbearable labour pain. There are no trained midwives or doctors around for miles in Rahim Yar Khan District in southern...
View ArticleMidwife Explains The Spiritual Side Of Birth
Birth is rarely depicted in popular media as anything other than a painful and traumatic experience. Midwife Marianne Littlejohn, who runs a website and practice in Cape Town, South Africa, called...
View ArticleThe high number of stillbirths shows we are not listening to women properly
Kate Nelson was pregnant with twins four years ago when she began to feel ill and couldn’t keep food or water down. At the hospital she saw yet another overstretched clinician who didn’t know her or...
View ArticleHounded for giving birth outside the system
Some women who opt for alternative births are being forced towards medical intervention or threatened with social services, yet they are doing nothing wrong...
View ArticleExplainer: what are women’s options for giving birth? (University of Western...
(Source: University of Western Sydney) The following piece, by Professor Hannah Dahlen from the School of Nursing and Midwifery(opens in new window) was first published by The Conversation (opens in...
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