Amid the fanfare about a new medication for postpartum depression, it’s important to remember that PPD is underdiagnosed and undertreated, and that safe and effective treatments already exist.
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New motherhood is often portrayed as a time of joy but it can also be filled with fears and complicated feelings. Here’s how you can get help and support.
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999 to 2019. American Indian and Alaska Native women had the greatest increase in risk during this period.
Rural women in Nigeria circumvent patriarchy to make decisions on their healthcare.
Remote medical care gives privacy and no travel is necessary. What’s needed now is better access to technology. Language barriers also need to be broken down
A March of Dimes report gave the US a grade of D+ for maternal and infant health care, highlighting that the national preterm birth rate hit 10.5% in 2021, a record 15-year high.
The success of the Maputo Protocol in protecting the rights of women and eliminating discrimination is remarkable.
Breastfeeding isn’t always a peaceful, bonding experience between parent and child. As many as 1 in 5 women say that they felt an intense aversion to breastfeeding.
Abortion bans and restrictions have numerous downstream effects on health care. For instance, medical students in states where those laws exist will not receive training for some standard procedures.
Foetal protection laws carry health risks for both mothers and babies.
A recent report found that black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth, compared with white women.
Research findings are mostly reassuring for parents — despite the disruptions to nearly every aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, most children continue to show healthy development.
Using simple behavioural science models can help programmes to understand people’s lives and how to design nutrition interventions that directly benefit them.
Rahima Moosa Hospital caters for a very large number of women and children. The large patient numbers and high burden of care have a negative impact on the hospital.
When women have opportunities, a country’s economic productivity and development is enhanced.
The outcomes of obstetric operations has improved in the past decades. But women need equitable surgical care throughout their lives - not just during childbirth.
Extending visits from nurses who can listen without judgement and offer practical, evidence-informed advice helps new parents who are experiencing adversity.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
Since the war broke out, some healthcare workers have lost their jobs, others have been displaced, wounded, threatened or killed.
Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
Top contributors
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich
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Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Lecturer, School of Nursing, Department of Midwifery and Gender, Moi University
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Global Surgery, University of Cape Town
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warwick
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Co-Program Director: Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute
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Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
