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Gambia: Let's Promote Breastfeeding!
[The Point] Breastfeeding is crucial for the survival, nutrition and development of infants and young children and the health of mothers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 24, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Rwanda: Surrogacy - Experts Call for Amendments to Family Law
[New Times] The Rwandan Law Governing Persons and Families stipulates that the mode of reproduction in Rwanda is naturally between a man and a woman or it can be medically assisted. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 23, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Eritrea: Important, Yet Overlooked - Maternity Waiting Homes
[Shabait] Eritrea is one of the few countries that entered the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) period having achieved most of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals related to health. Since the onset of the UN SDGs period close to a decade ago, the country has continued to make considerable progress in a number of areas, including within neonatal, child, and maternal health. In particular, the country's maternal mortality ratio dropped from 998 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 228 i (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 23, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Nigeria: 20 Missing Chibok Girls Still in Sambisa Forest - Rescued Girls
[Premium Times] Over 100 of the girls were still missing as of April 14, 2021, seven years after the initial kidnapping. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 22, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Worst Drought in 40 Years Threatens to Derail Gains in Maternal and Newborn Health
[UNFPA] "When I saw my baby's hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We travelled nearly 90 kilometres to the nearest health facility... We are both lucky to be alive." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 21, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

South Africa: ConCourt Rules High Court Wrong Over Burial of Foetuses Under 26-Weeks
[Daily Maverick] Apex court refused to confirm a Pretoria high court ruling that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act are unconstitutional. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 17, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Africa: Covid-19 Deadlier During Pregnancy, African Study Says
[VOA] Pregnancy puts women at higher risk of severe medical complications or death from COVID-19, according to a new study of more than 1,300 women in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers argue that vaccinating pregnant women against the coronavirus should be made a priority across the region, where most countries do not yet recommend vaccination during pregnancy. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 14, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ethiopia: Fistula Cases Soar Due to Conflict in Tigray, Says Fistula Centre Medical Director
[UNFPA] "When Birchiko came to the centre, she weighed 32kg. She was severely malnourished," says Dr. Melaku Abreha, Medical Director at the Hamlin Fistula Centre in Mekelle. "She had developed joint contractures (tightening or shortening of muscles, tendons or joints, causing a deformity) from prolonged immobility." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 11, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Tanzania: Massive Boost to Maternal Services
[Daily News] TANZANIA is set to receive 57bn/- in aid from the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents Health (GFF) for improving maternal and child health services in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 9, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Tanzania: 7.4 Million Under-Five Birth Registration Issued in Nine Years
[Daily News] OVER 7.4 million children aged five years have been registered and issued with birth certificates through a special under-five birth registration strategy launched in 2013, Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs Dr Damas Ndumbaro said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 7, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Botswana: 5 Ways the World Is Changing How It Sees Menstruation
[UNFPA] SELOKOLELA - "Menstruation is still considered a secret that is hardly discussed," Ogaufi Moisakamo, in Botswana, told UNFPA. "When I got my first period, I was also ashamed of informing my mother. And when I finally told her, she only warned me against playing with boys as it would 'get me pregnant'." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 5, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Gambia: NYC, UNFPA Engage Youth Leaders On Issues Affecting Their Development
[The Point] The National Youth Council (NYC) in partnership with United Nations Fung for Population Activities (UNFPA) recently convened a day's town hall meeting with youth leaders and head of youth organisations across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Nigeria: 121 Million Pregnancies Unintended Globally - Report
[Premium Times] Key findings of the report indicated that gender inequality and stalled development drive high rates of unintended pregnancies (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Worst Drought in 40 Years Threatens to Derail Gains in Maternal and Newborn Health
[UNFPA] GODE, Ethiopia - "When I saw my baby's hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We travelled nearly 90 kilometres to the nearest health facility... We are both lucky to be alive." (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Midwives and Nurses Association Commemorates Covid-19 Pandemic Victims
[New Zimbabwe] The global COVID-19 pandemic which began in the later part of 2019 in China, left a huge trail of devastation as it swept across the globe. Nothing was spared; the global economy was brought to its knees as virtually all industries were shut down. Healthcare workers risked their lives as they battled to save dying patients on the wards and in Intensive Care Units with little or no protection. As a result, many lost their lives during the pandemic and those that survived suffered a lot of psychological trau (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 1, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news