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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

Rwanda: Nyarugenge District Commends Enabel's Contribution to Maternal and Infant Health
[New Times] Marie Rose Mukankunda, a mother from Nyamirambo sector in Nyarugenge district recalls not being at ease when she gave birth to her first born baby in a squeezed and small maternity ward in Rugarama Health Centre in November, 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Kenya: DP Rallies Support Against Malnutrition to Stop Mother, Child Mortality Rates
[Capital FM] Nairobi Kenya -- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged development partners to support government efforts to address malnutrition in a bid to avert an increase in mortality rates among expectant mothers and children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 9, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Africa: Experts Call for Clampdowns On Exploitative Formula Milk Marketing in New Lancet Series
[WHO] Geneva -- The formula milk industry's marketing tactics are exploitative and urgent clampdowns are needed to tackle misleading claims and political interference, according to a new three-paper series published in The Lancet today. Industry influence - which includes lobbying against vital breastfeeding support measures - seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women and children, the papers show. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Tanzania: Real Estate Firm Initiates Women Skills Development Programme
[Daily News] CPS Fumba Town Zanzibar, a real estate developer, has unveiled Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme that offers practical learning, skills and career development opportunities to female engineers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 6, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ghana: Missing Twins Saga - 37 Military Hospital Apologises to Couple ... Claims Scans Were Incorrect
[Ghanaian Times] The 37 Military Hospital in Accra has said that the ultra-sound scans conducted on a woman before delivery were error-ridden. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 26, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Tanzania: Z'bar VP Calls for More Measures to Control Maternal Deaths
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR Second Vice President, Mr Hemed Suleiman Abdulla has asked development partners and health experts to devise more measures for minimizing or preventing maternal and newborn deaths in Zanzibar. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 26, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Uganda: Ugandans Urged On Fight Against Teen Pregnancies
[Nile Post] The State Minister for youth affairs, Sarah Mateke has urged Ugandans to augment government and stakeholders' efforts aimed at ending teenage pregnancies and child marriages in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Rwanda: Local Innovator On 'Safe' Telehealth Platform for Women
[New Times] Growing up, Aline Joyce Berabose found it hard to acquire the right information regarding sexual and reproductive health, a challenge, she says, she shared with other girls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 20, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Rwanda: Parliament Pushes for Digital Antenatal Tool 'To Prevent Deaths'
[New Times] Members of parliament on January 19, urged the Ministry of Health to implement digital antenatal tools' plan in government hospitals within a year so as to follow-up pregnant mothers at all stages of pregnancy and after giving birth. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 20, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ghana: Thorough Investigation Into Missing Twin Saga a Must
[Ghanaian Times] On Wednesday, we published on our page 14 a couple's complaint that their twin baby had got missing at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 20, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ghana: Missing Twin Saga - My Wife's Placenta Has Been Sent to Italy for Analysis - Husband
[Ghanaian Times] The placenta tissue of a woman, whose other twin baby is alleged to have vanished at birth at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, is said to have been sent to Italy for further examinations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 20, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Sudan: In Sudan, a UNFPA Hospital Helps Women Give Birth Safely Despite Flooding Crisis
[Africa Renewal] AL MAFAZA, Sudan -- After being carried for three kilometres through the rain and mud, Nasreen Faroug Balla finally reached the hospital. She was eight months pregnant - and going into labour. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 19, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news