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Strong political support, community engagement and effective strategies can improve access to family planning in developing countries.
Teenagers, unmarried women and migrants are among those missing out on antenatal care in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to new Australian research.
Antenatal care is a vital time for both mother and unborn baby. It promotes and establishes good health before childbirth and after delivery.
More than 788 health facilities have been destroyed in parts of North-Eastern Nigeria captured by Boko Haram insurgents, crippling health services in the area.
The case of a 12-year-old Costa Rican girl, who was raped by her father and denied an abortion, is dividing a nation that prides itself on its human rights record.
Many women are not getting the right kind of attention.
Childbirth in the U.S. can be dangerous and dehumanizing. An ob/gyn who traveled recently to India to review childbirth there says the U.S. and India fall short in similar ways.
Midwives should provide continuous support during labour and birth and they should respect women’s choices when it is within safe practice to do so.
Hyperemesis gravidarum causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Even though it affects up to 3 percent of pregnancies, research about its causes and treatments is sparse.
Depression after pregnancy has been studied for a while, but less attention has been paid to depression during pregnancy, which occurs in one in 10 women. Here are some reasons it should be treated.
A study in Malawi shows how the participation of local community leaders in policy development can change men’s attitudes to maternal and child health for the better.
Our statistical analysis found that as the sex ratio at birth went up – that is, more males were born – so did life expectancy in a strongly related manner.
The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
In Kenya, not much attention has been paid to addressing pregnant women’s nutritional needs. This has exposed a gap in efforts to improve maternal and child health.
A pregnant woman’s immune response may be a risk factor for some neurological conditions like autism and schizophrenia in the baby later on.
Physicians like me are learning about Zika along with our patients. This takes a dose of humility on our part and an understanding from our patients that we learn something new every single day.
We don’t know much about fear during childbirth and its effects on outcomes for women and their newborns in the United States.
Almost half of pregnant Indigenous women smoke compared to one in eight in the non-Indigenous population. This means 7,000-9,000 Indigenous babies every year are exposed to smoking in the womb.
An environment rife with shame is a fertile breeding ground for conflict: pitting mother against mother.
Top contributors
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney 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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Associate professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Communications Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Lecturer, School of Nursing, Department of Midwifery and Gender, Moi University
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Biochemistry Tutor, Swansea University
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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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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Burnet Institute
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Professor of Global Surgery, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
