Tanzania: Maternal Deaths Drops
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday launched the new Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS), which shows that the country has cut down maternal mortality rate by 80 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 30, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth Tanzania Source Type: news
Resources and obstacles of a maternity staff facing intimate partner violence during pregnancy-a qualitative study - Sureau Y, Moro MR, Radjack R.
INTRODUCTION: Intimate partner violence occurring during pregnancy has a similar prevalence as usual obstetrical disorders that are routinely screened for. Referenced publications insist on the importance of adequate screening, but the proper course of act... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Maternity Crisis: Arkansas Hospitals Struggle as Labor & Delivery Units Close
Some hospitals are closing their obstetric units due to financial struggles, creating “maternity deserts” in Arkansas and beyond. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Arkansas Hospitals Offer Fewer Places to Give Birth
Some hospitals are closing their obstetric units due to financial struggles, creating “maternity deserts” in Arkansas and beyond. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - October 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
State's First Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship Hopes to Increase Access to Maternal Care in Rural Areas
A fellowship to train family medicine physicians in obstetrics has been established in Mississippi, a state with a shortage of maternal healthcare in rural areas and high maternal and infant mortality rates. Discusses the history of maternal healthcare licensure and liability insurance, leading to the shortage of physicians offering obstetrics services. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Misoprostol Alone in Self-Managed Abortion Is Highly Effective
(MedPage Today) -- Use of misoprostol alone was shown to be effective in self-managed abortion, with minimal side effects, according to a prospective observational cohort study of callers to safe abortion hotlines in Nigeria, Argentina, and Southeast... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - October 28, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Cultural adaptation, validation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of an obstetric violence scale in the Spanish context - Gonz ález-de la Torre H, González-Artero PN, Muñoz de León-Ortega D, Lancha-de la Cruz MR, Verdú-Soriano J.
Obstetric violence refers to dehumanized or derogative treatment of women in their pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum periods and may be manifested in different ways. Currently, there is no tool validated in Spain to measure women's perception of obstetri... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Harms of Embryo Transfer Likely Underreported: Study Harms of Embryo Transfer Likely Underreported: Study
A new study found that rates of adverse events with embryo transfer catheters ― including contamination and patient harm ― may be higher than previously reported to the FDA.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - October 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Gambia: African First Ladies to Raise Awareness On Infertility, Stigma
[The Point] Eleven African First Ladies including the First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia, Fatoumatta Bah Barrow recently gathered in India to discuss issues relating to the health of people with a focus on infertility and stigma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Gambia: Youth Dreams Is About Life in Europe
[The Point] The Gambia is a relatively calm and stable country, and the dreams of most of her youth is about life in Europe, hence they risk their lives in the Sahara with Europe as the goal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - October 25, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Europe and Africa External Relations Gambia Health and Medicine Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
Risk factors associated with periodontal disease and its impact on quality of life among pregnant women
Conclusions:
The risk factors for periodontal disease, including eating out for
lunch, drinking beverages, brushing teeth less, and not regular dental
cleaning, provide convincing evidence for pregnant women to maintain
good oral hygiene to prevent periodontal disease and improve oral
health-related quality of life.
Keywords:
Oral Health; Periodontal Diseases; Pregnancy; Quality of Life; Risk Factors.
Plain language summary
Pregnancy can cause poor mouth health. Expectant mothers with gum
disease might face problems such as low birth weight and premature
birth. This study found that certa...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 25, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Golden Hour Bundle of Interventions Boosts Outcomes for High-Risk Preterm Infants
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- A multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team successfully and safely adhered to a golden hour bundle of interventions for high-risk preterm infants, a researcher said here.
Adherence to the bundle also led... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - October 23, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
What Are Potential Complications of a Forceps Delivery?
Discussion
The main outcome of any delivery is to have a healthy mother and healthy child. For millinea, mothers delivered babies with the help of their mothers and learned women without the benefits of potential instrumented interventions when complications arose, and today they are options for some deliveries. Instrumented delivery techniques have markedly decreased maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Instrument delivery techniques in the second stage of labor includes forceps (begun in the 1600s), vacuum delivery (mainly use began in 1950s) and second stage cesarean section (cesarean section being first used ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 23, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
South Asian Community Health Workers Say Their Work is Work
Community health workers demand to be recognised as formal workers with pay and benefits to match. Credit: Zofeen T. EbrahimBy Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Oct 19 2023 (IPS) “Professionally, I am still where I was 23 years ago when I started working as a lady health worker (LHW),” said a disgruntled Yasmin Siddiq, 47, from Karachi. “I will probably retire in the same capacity, as a Grade 5 government servant, without any hope for upward mobility.”
The idea behind the Lady Health Worker Programme (LHWP), the brainchild of Pakistan’s late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, began in 1994 with the purpose of “training women...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan South Asia Source Type: news
