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Uganda: MK Movement Supporters Launch 'Safe Birth Delivery' Campaign
[Nile Post] In a proactive move to address the pressing issue of maternal mortality and neonatal morbidity rates, supporters of the MK Movement in Tororo have initiated a "Safe Birth Delivery" campaign. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 19, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news

Ethiopia: War, Pregnancy and Hope - Setyelem's Harrowing Journey of Giving Birth in Ethiopia
[UNFPA] ATAYE, Amhara Region, Ethiopia--Mother-of-two Setyelem, 29, had been diligent about going for antenatal check-ups during her first two pregnancies. But during her third pregnancy while carrying twins, inter-communal fighting broke out in her hometown of Ataye. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 16, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Ethiopia Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Nigeria: Malnutrition - Global Initiative Partners Kano Organisations On Exclusive Breastfeeding
[Daily Trust] Alive and Thrive, a global nutrition initiative, in partnership with Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in Kano State, is championing a behavioural change campaign towards enlightening women on exclusive breastfeeding as a panacea to addressing malnutrition in children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

South Africa: Hospital Histories - the Many Lives That Started At Mowbray Maternity
[spotlight] Weighing little more than three bricks of butter, baby Lunathi Sitembile is pressed against mum Yolanda's bare chest, a thin tube entering her nostril and another taped to her tiny clutched fist. Born premature at 31 weeks (between 37 and 42 weeks are 'full term') Lunathi initially struggled to breathe, but after a week inside an incubator with oxygen airflow administered through a nasal cannula, her little lungs have strengthened. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news

Nigeria: Gates Foundation Lists Measures to Prevent Stillbirth, Infant Death in Low - Middle-Income Countries
[Premium Times] The report also highlights seven life-saving innovations, which they said could be easily implemented by midwives and birth attendants to reduce maternal mortality. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Aid and Assistance Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: SDGs - How Two Million Mothers, Babies Could Be Saved By 2030 - Gates Foundation
[Premium Times] Co-authored by Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates, the report shows that since 2016, progress in reducing global maternal mortality has stalled. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 13, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Africa: Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Seven Innovations Could Save 2 Million Mothers and Babies by 2030
[Gates Foundation] Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates call for urgent action to advance progress on the UN's Sustainable (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 12, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Innovation Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Survey Blames Tough Economy for Rise in Teen Pregnancies
[New Zimbabwe] A latest survey commissioned recently has blamed Zimbabwe's economic recession and high poverty levels for the current rise in teenage pregnancies bedeviling the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 11, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Children and Youth Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

Africa: Why Mothers and Babies Will Suffer More As Africa Grows Hotter
[The Conversation Africa] As Africa gets hotter, mothers and babies are most at risk. Why is this and what can be done about it? Matthew Chersich, a specialist in climate change and maternal health, explains the reasons to health editor Nadine Dreyer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 9, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Children and Youth Climate Environment Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Gender Source Type: news

Central African Republic: Abortion - Women More At Risk of Death in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
[MSF] Complications following unsafe abortions are up to seven times more severe in fragile or conflict-affected settings: these are the findings of one of the very first studies on the subject, carried out in two referral hospitals in Bangui in the Central African Republic and Jigawa State in northern Nigeria. Behind the statistics, real stories of real women - and a universal vulnerability. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 7, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Central Africa Central African Republic External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Kenya: Kenya's Population Growth Decreases As More Women Embrace Modern Family Planning
[IPS] Nairobi -- According to a family planning brief, more than 370 million women in middle and low-income countries were finally embracing modern contraception to help curb unintended pregnancies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 1, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Kenya Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news

Uganda: NIRA Preaches Birth Registration At Ongoing Primary School MDD Competition in Hoima
[Nile Post] The National Identification & Registration Authority has targeted the ongoing national primary schools music, dance and drama festival in Hoima City to preach the gospel of birth registration for national identification numbers(NIN). (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 1, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news

South Africa: Breastfeeding While Hungry - Is Enough Being Done to Support Mothers in the Free State?
[spotlight] Earlier this month, from 1 to 7 August, the world celebrated breastfeeding week under the theme - "Enabling breastfeeding: making a difference for working parents". This global campaign aims to create support and awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding among women who are physically able to do so. Exclusive breastfeeding for babies within the first six months of life is encouraged - also in South Africa - because breast milk contains all the nutrition that a baby needs. To improve infant nutrition (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 31, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Nutrition Pregnancy and Childbirth South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news

Nigeria: Saving Lives - Nigeria's First Breast Milk Bank Gives Babies a Fighting Chance
[Nigeria Health Watch] Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writer -- When Kehinde (not real name) set out on the nearly 130km journey from Ibadan to Lagos, he had a clear goal in mind: to get the conviction he required to receive breast milk donated through a breast milk bank. His wife was having challenges with her milk flow at the time and had made the journey previously to the breast milk bank. Their baby had started showing signs of being underweight and constipated, and Kehinde had been reluctant to use the breast milk bank. However, when their baby was readmitted to (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Nutrition Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development West Africa Source Type: news

Tanzania: What Amref's Safe Delivery Campaign Means for Zanzibar
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR : ALTHOUGH statistics for maternal and child mortality in Zanzibar are still disturbing, AMREF Africa- Tanzania in collaboration with development partners are optimistic that their ongoing fundraising campaign to collect 1bn/- will make a difference. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Governance Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news