Complications during childbirth
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“We used to think that when the mother has swollen feet she is pregnant with twins, but now we know that when we see a mother with swollen feet, it is important for that mother to go to the health unit.” In 2015, 19 out of every 1,000 babies born...
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This blog is reposted from MCSP's website Dressed in scrubs, the doctor leans over the woman in labor and carefully checks that the birth is progressing normally. Satisfied, she gently tells the woman when to push. Soon the baby’s head appears and the doctor carefully delivers baby Natalie. She checks...
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Originally published on LSHTM 21.7 million pregnant women carry the bacteria according to this first global study of Group B Strep - most of them are currently unidentified and untreated. This study shows for the first time that a maternal vaccine may prevent 231,000 infant and maternal GBS cases An...
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UNICEF, World Health Organization, UNFPA, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, BMGF and USAID convened a joint workshop in Kathmandu. Eighty participants from 12 countries met to discuss how data systems can be improved to help end preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
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Originally posted on Patientsafetyfirst This blog is my response to this article, by Prof Soo Downe. The blog states that there is ‘little controversy about the benefits of normal physiological birth for healthy mothers and babies’. In fact, there are controversies around some of the claims that are promoted about the...
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