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Africa: Global Summit Maps Priorities to Turn the Tide On Postpartum Haemorrhage
[WHO] The first global summit on Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) concluded in Dubai last week with renewed resolve to tackle the systemic bottlenecks that lead to more than 70,000 women around the world dying in childbirth each year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 27, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Rwanda: Longer Maternity Leave Sparks Public Debate
[New Times] Working mothers are leaving their babies to domestic workers soon after three months of maternity leave elapse, MP Frank Habineza said, proposing that such a leave should be doubled for better child care. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 27, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Africa: Global Meeting of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
[WHO] 14-16 March 2023, Accra, Ghana (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 27, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Sierra Leone: MOHS Engages Stakeholders On Safe Motherhood And Reproductive Healthcare Bill
[Concord] The Ministry of Health and Sanitation, through the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information, has interfaced with the Inter-Religious Council and critical Civil Society Organizations on provisions within the Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Healthcare Bill. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenya Introduced Free Maternal Health Services a Decade Ago - It's Been a Success, Saving Lives
[The Conversation Africa] Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the global average of 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The ratio of babies who die in the first month of life (neonatal deaths) is also higher than the global average. Kenya's neonatal death rate is 21 deaths per 1,000 live births. The global rate is 18 deaths per 1,000. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 17, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Registers 69 000 Adolescent Mothers
[263Chat] A total of 69,335 adolescent females aged 10 to 19 years had live births 12 months preceding the census night in April 2022, a new report has shown. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ghana: Maternal Death Dips At Wa Regional Hospital
[Ghanaian Times] Wa -- Maternal mortality at the Upper West Regional Hospital has declined significantly with only two cases recorded in 2022 as against nine in 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 10, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Kenya: Old Mutual Increases Maternity, Paternity Leaves for Women and Men
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Old Mutual Kenya has increased maternity leave for staff to four months to create a conducive working environment and promote gender equality, among other things. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 10, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

South Africa: School Amends Policy That Excluded Pregnant Learners
[GroundUp] We previously reported that the school in Mamelodi required pregnant learners to stay home until they gave birth (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 4, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Kenya: 'Midwives Are the Bridge' - Educator Duncan Shikuku On Helping Maternal Health Providers Ease Women's Fears and Save Lives
[UNFPA] Midwifery educator Duncan Shikuku will never forget the day in 2011 when a new mother was rushed into the hospital where he worked, carried by her family. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 3, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Rwanda: Activists Call for Paternity Leave to Be Increased to Six Weeks
[New Times] Rwanda Men's Resource Centre (RWAMREC) and Rwanda Civil Society Platform (RCSP) are calling for six weeks of paternity leave for a male employee whose spouse has given birth (half the time of maternity leave) to take care of the mother and new-born baby. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 3, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Africa: Maternal Deaths Data Points to Covid Vaccine Policy Gap
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- COVID-19 in pregnancy could reverse the slow but steady gains made in maternal and neonatal mortality reduction in Africa and set back progress towards global goals, unless targeted policies are implemented, researchers say. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 1, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Nigeria: One Woman Dies Every Two Minutes Due to Pregnancy or Childbirth - UN Agencies
[This Day] *70% of maternal deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 27, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

South Africa: Maternal Air Pollution Exposure Puts Unborn Babies At Risk
[SAnews.gov.za] Pregnant mothers living in air pollution hotspots in South Africa risk bearing a child with a congenital birth anomaly; specifically orofacial cleft lip and palate (CLP). (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 21, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Teen Mum's Club Giving Hope to Adolescent Pregnant Girls
[MSF] Nearly 5000 young girls impregnated between Jan and Feb 2021 (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news