Maternal Health

The US maternal mortality rate in 2022 returned to the same level as two years prior, after a spike in 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities announced Thursday.

Below we discuss the signs, causes, treatment options and prevention tips for maternal thyroid dysfunction.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a clear warning about the situation as around 24 mothers lose their lives every day due to preventable maternal causes.

A subcommittee of the Japanese health ministry's Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council on Friday approved an abortion pill developed by Britain's Linepharma International Ltd - Mefeego pill pack, reported Japan Times.

The US maternal mortality rate surged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Black women more than twice as likely to die than white women.

The maternal Mortality Ratio has declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20, according to a special bulletin released by the office of the Registrar General of India.

A team at the IIT Madras Centre of Excellence on virtual reality identified skill training of the health workers as the major challenge the country was facing particularly at the PHCs.

Tokyo Games: Chirag Shetty from Mumbai feels this global health crisis can also have an impact on the performance at the Olympics but he is trying to stay positive.

Postpartum depression is experienced by many women after giving birth to the child. There are several ways that can help in making this phase easy for women. Here are some of the tips you need to know.

The study has elaborates the link between increased expressions of autistic-like behaviours in pre-school aged children to gestational exposure to selected environmental toxicants.

A pregnant woman in Rajasthan's Bharatpur was forced to deliver at the entrance of a state-run maternity hospital last week after an alleged delay in treatment. The shocking incident has prompted the state health department to order a probe after a video that captured the ordeal of the woman was shared widely on the social media.

Essential services related to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health should be continued in a restricted manner in areas defined as containment and buffer zones, the Union Health Ministry said, underlining that COVID testing is not mandatory for providing such services.

Iron deficiency: India is the anaemic capital of the world and today it is a severe public health problem. In addition to increased morbidity and negative effects on physical well-being, anaemia is associated with delayed mental and psychomotor development and an increased risk of maternal mortality.

A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said Monday, with the parents claiming they are the country's oldest couple to have a natural birth.

Breastfeeding Week: August 1 to 7 is marked as World Breastfeeding Week which promotes the importance of breastfeeding for the new born baby as well as the mother. This year WHO focuses in implementing maternity and paternity leaves along with a parent friendly work environment.

The US maternal mortality rate in 2022 returned to the same level as two years prior, after a spike in 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, health authorities announced Thursday.

Below we discuss the signs, causes, treatment options and prevention tips for maternal thyroid dysfunction.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a clear warning about the situation as around 24 mothers lose their lives every day due to preventable maternal causes.

A subcommittee of the Japanese health ministry's Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council on Friday approved an abortion pill developed by Britain's Linepharma International Ltd - Mefeego pill pack, reported Japan Times.

The US maternal mortality rate surged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Black women more than twice as likely to die than white women.

The maternal Mortality Ratio has declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20, according to a special bulletin released by the office of the Registrar General of India.

A team at the IIT Madras Centre of Excellence on virtual reality identified skill training of the health workers as the major challenge the country was facing particularly at the PHCs.

Tokyo Games: Chirag Shetty from Mumbai feels this global health crisis can also have an impact on the performance at the Olympics but he is trying to stay positive.

Postpartum depression is experienced by many women after giving birth to the child. There are several ways that can help in making this phase easy for women. Here are some of the tips you need to know.

The study has elaborates the link between increased expressions of autistic-like behaviours in pre-school aged children to gestational exposure to selected environmental toxicants.

A pregnant woman in Rajasthan's Bharatpur was forced to deliver at the entrance of a state-run maternity hospital last week after an alleged delay in treatment. The shocking incident has prompted the state health department to order a probe after a video that captured the ordeal of the woman was shared widely on the social media.

Essential services related to reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health should be continued in a restricted manner in areas defined as containment and buffer zones, the Union Health Ministry said, underlining that COVID testing is not mandatory for providing such services.

Iron deficiency: India is the anaemic capital of the world and today it is a severe public health problem. In addition to increased morbidity and negative effects on physical well-being, anaemia is associated with delayed mental and psychomotor development and an increased risk of maternal mortality.

A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said Monday, with the parents claiming they are the country's oldest couple to have a natural birth.

Breastfeeding Week: August 1 to 7 is marked as World Breastfeeding Week which promotes the importance of breastfeeding for the new born baby as well as the mother. This year WHO focuses in implementing maternity and paternity leaves along with a parent friendly work environment.