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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

Africa: Global Congress Opens to Counter Harmful Marketing of Formula Milk
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are hosting the first Global Congress on the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes on 20-22 June 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. During the event, delegates from around 130 countries will discuss and share knowledge and strategies to end the unethical marketing of breast-milk substitutes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 20, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Nutrition Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Gender Source Type: news

Ghana: Pfizer Vaccine Shortage Undermines Children's COVID-19 Vaccination
[Ghanaian Times] On that fateful Saturday, when Kelvin, a 17-year-old business student in one of Ghana's prestigious boy's senior high schools in the Volta Region, stepped into Scripture Union (SU) meeting, the gathering was later to confirm his worst fear on the COVID-19 vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 16, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Coronavirus Ghana Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: How the All-Babies Programme Is Encouraging Vaccination Uptake Through Cash Incentives
[Nigeria Health Watch] In Dawanau Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) located in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, Zainab Aliyu cradles her seven-month-old daughter, Fatima Abdulhamid. They sit on a bench with ten other women and their children, waiting for immunisation services. Rahama Bashir, a New Incentives field officer, leads Aliyu to a table where Asmau Tahir, the facility's routine immunisation (RI) officer, carefully examines Fatima's vaccination card. After verifying its authenticity, he administers a (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 13, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Relief for Workers, Labour Bill Sails Through
[The Herald] Parliament has passed the Labour Amendment Bill which seeks to remove the clause allowing termination of job contracts on notice, grants employed women three months paid maternity leave for each pregnancy, removing the one-year qualifying period and the limit of three terms of paid maternity leave, as part of Second Republic's efforts to grant women and workers full equality and rights. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 12, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Governance Health and Medicine Human Rights Labour Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Women and Gender Zimbabwe Source Type: news

South Africa: Foetal Alcohol Syndrome - Facial Modelling Study Explores Technology to Aid Diagnosis
[The Conversation Africa] Foetal alcohol syndrome is a lifelong condition caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. It's a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not all prenatal alcohol exposure results in the syndrome; it is the most severe form of a range of effects called foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news