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DR Congo named worst place to be mother

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 05:45
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to the annual report of Save the Children. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa took up each of the bottom 10 places for the first time in the 14 years that the report has been produced. In contrast, Finland took the top spot, with its Nordic neighbours filling the other leading positions.

DRC is the world's worst place to be a mother: Save the Children

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 00:30
"If women are educated, are represented politically, and have access to good quality maternal and child care, then they and their children are much more likely to survive and thrive - and so are the societies they live in."

Turkish womb transplant patient is pregnant

April 13, 2013 06:45
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The first woman to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor is pregnant, a hospital in southern Turkey said. Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011.

Namibia needs to address shortcomings in maternal health: Report

April 9, 2013 10:02
Namibia needs to make family planning accessible, develop trained midwives, and focus on better health facilities and adequate equipment, to become one of the leading countries in Africa in maternal and child health. This is one of the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in the first-ever report as tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. “However, we observed several factors impeding maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health.

Namibia needs make family planning accessible, focus on better maternal health facilities: report

April 9, 2013 10:02
Namibia needs to make family planning accessible, develop trained midwives, and focus on better health facilities and adequate equipment to become one of the leading countries in Africa in maternal and child health.

780 out of 100000 women die during delivery

April 9, 2013 04:47
Media should play its role about rights of women so that excesses with women are redressed. These views were expressed by RAHNUMA Family Planning Association of Pakistan activists at a workshop here Friday. They included FPAP Coordinator Mushtaq Channa, Dr Amir Bakhsh and District Coordinator Ashraf Kakar. They said several problems were being developed in Balochistan about health of mother and child. No attention was being paid on their health. With the result, large number of women die during delivery.

New birthing station opens in Pampanga town

April 4, 2013 14:50
A P5-million newly-constructed birthing station that would cater to the pregnant women and their newborn babies at the Sta Lucia Resettlement in this town was formally inaugurated on Thursday.Governor Lilia Pineda, during the inauguration, said the new birthing station would greatly help in preventing cases of maternal and child deaths as the facility will serve as forerunner of medical services to pregnant women in the area."No mother should die for giving birth and this is the reason why we have been pushing for the construction of more birthing stations and renovation of d

Reuters Health News Summary

March 9, 2013 09:30
Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Self-expanding stent shows benefit in study: Stentys

Reuters Health News Summary

March 9, 2013 01:15
Following is a summary of current health news briefs. Self-expanding stent shows benefit in study: Stentys

Australia parents face India surrogacy barriers: expert

March 5, 2013 00:46
Babies born to Indian surrogate mothers for gay and single Australians may be left stateless and unable to leave the country after New Delhi changed the rules on surrogacy, an expert has said. The Indian rule changes circulated to foreign missions late last year, which only came to light in January, bar foreign gay couples and singles from using surrogate mothers to become parents.
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