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Nigeria: Doctors Seek Urgent Action on Maternal, Neonatal Mortalities
[Daily Trust] Medical professionals have called on the federal government to take urgent action to cut down the rising number of women and babies dying due to complications during childbirth. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 15, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news

Rwanda: Rwanda Has a Shortage of 1,000 Midwives - Minister Nsanzimana
[New Times] The Minister of Health, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, has emphasized the pressing need for Rwanda to recruit a minimum of 1000 midwives in order to adequately address the growing demands in the maternity and gynecology sectors. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Rwanda Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Mortality Rate Declines As Health Service Delivery Improves
[The Herald] The mortality rate in Zimbabwe has declined over the years due to improved health systems across the country, while the life expectancy now stands at 65 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

Nigeria: NAHCON to Sanction State Boards Over Pregnant Pilgrims
[Leadership] Miffed with the high number of pregnant women to Saudi Arabia for the just concluded 2023 Hajj exercise, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has threatened to sanction the State Pilgrim Welfare Boards, agencies and commissions that allowed pregnant pilgrims to travel to the Holy Land for pilgrimage. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 10, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Economy, Business and Finance External Relations Health and Medicine Middle East and Africa Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth Religion Transport and Shipping West Africa Source Type: news

Uganda: Govt Directed On DNA Testing As More Dads Seek Services
[Nile Post] The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked government to come up with guidelines on carrying out DNA tests without breaking families and ruining lives of innocent children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news

Uganda: DNA Mania - a Society With No Trust
[Nile Post] What happens to a society where there is no trust or where trust has been lost? (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 5, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Uganda Source Type: news

Nigeria: Still On the Menace of Baby Factories
[Leadership] Curiously, and in spite of efforts by security and other agencies of government to combat the onslaught of criminal- minded Nigerians with the devious intention to turn baby-making into a commercial enterprise, the disturbing trend still persists. This sinister, even if clandestine operation, which involves the exploitation of vulnerable women and the obnoxious commercialization of their babies born in such illicit and unhealthy arrangement, has continued to be condemned. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 4, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Corruption Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: Covid Vaccination in Pregnancy Greatly Reduces Risk of Severe Illness and Death - And Protects Babies
[The Conversation Africa] From the early days of the pandemic, it has been evident that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy can be serious. Hundreds of studies from around the world have consistently shown that a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy carries significantly higher risk for admission to intensive care units (ICU), invasive ventilation, preeclampsia and death, compared to other COVID-19 patients. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - July 4, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news

Tanzania: Baby Deaths in Tanzania - Being Born in a City No Longer Increases Their Chances of Survival
[The Conversation Africa] Five million children under five years old died in 2021. Of these, nearly half occurred within the first month - a time of high vulnerability. Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest death rate in the world: 27 in 1,000 newborn babies (1,067,000). This is 11 times higher than in countries with the lowest rates (2 deaths in 1,000), such as Australia and New Zealand. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 27, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news

Rwanda: Fistula Repair - Giving Women Back Their Dignity, One Stitch At a Time
[New Times] In 2018, Julienne Nyirandinabo had her third child, a baby girl, through a caesarean birth. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 26, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Rwanda Women and Gender Source Type: news

Tanzania: Amref to Raise 1bn/ for Maternal Health in Zanzibar
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- THE Amref Health Africa in Tanzania will embark on an initiative to raise 1bn/- for funding programmes meant to improve maternal health in the Isles. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development Tanzania Women and Gender Source Type: news

Kenya: The Problem With Sexual Reproductive Health in Kenya
[Capital FM] The issue of sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya as in the rest of the East African region remains problematic. Even as countries enact laws and sign international conventions committing to ensure access to services and information on the same, challenges stand in the way of respecting these rights including limited resources, misplaced priorities, lack of political goodwill, cultural norms, beliefs, and practices that fail to recognize the universality of these rights and their importance. Even (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 23, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Pregnancy and Childbirth Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news

Kenya: Baby Born on High-Speed Train
[Daily Trust] A passenger on a high-speed train in Kenya gave birth, assisted by a doctor and nurse who were also on board, Kenya Railways said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 23, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Pregnancy and Childbirth Transport and Shipping Source Type: news

Southern Africa: Sweden Invests $42 Million to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health in East and Southern Africa
[UNFPA] Pretoria, South Africa -- Sweden today announced a further investment of $42 million for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in an effort to transform the lives of millions of people in East and Southern Africa. The funding is being made available through Sweden's Strategy for SRHR in Africa 2022-2026. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 22, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Sustainable Development Women and Gender Source Type: news

Africa: Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care Reduces Risk of Sepsis for Babies Born Early or Small
[WHO] Immediate kangaroo mother care (KMC) reduces risk of sepsis among very small and sick preterm babies, according to a new analysis published in the medical journal, eClinicalMedicine. Among these very vulnerable newborns, immediate KMC - which combines skin-to-skin contact with exclusive breastfeeding, or provision of breastmilk - reduced suspected sepsis by 18%, sepsis-related deaths by 36%, and overall deaths by 25%. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 21, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Pregnancy and Childbirth Source Type: news