Maternal Health-You & the baby

"Countries and their partners need to use available evidence on the number and leading causes of maternal deaths, demographic trends, and on the strength of the health system..."

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Taking stock of maternal health - UNICEF DATA F/

"Reducing the incidence of low birth weight requires a comprehensive global strategy, which must include improving maternal nutritional status; treating pregnancy-associated conditions such as pre-eclampsia (hypertensive disease of pregnancy); and providing adequate maternal care, perinatal clinical services and social support."

Too many babies are born too small Around one in seven of all babies worldwide are born with a low birthweight16 May 2019 – More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one in seven of all births worldwide according to the first-ever estimates documenting this major he...

Wishing you a blessed Happy Mother's Day!

World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April. This year's celebration aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. World Health Organization (WHO) says there are still nearly 20 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world today.

Today and going forward, let's help to promote the use of vaccines to beat down the number of unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world.

Vaccines work: Together we are protected

World Immunization Week 2019 #VaccinesWork Celebrated in the last week of April, World Immunization Week aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.

Pregnant women losing blood during delivery is a contributing factor to maternal mortality in Ghana. Hopefully, the medical drone delivery service will help if not solve completely, beat down the number of these deaths.

Ghana launches medical drone delivery service - Africa Feeds Patients receiving medical treatment in hard to reach health facilities in Ghana can now heave a sigh of relief after the country launched a medical drone delivery service on Wednesday. Many patients often lose their lives as a result of difficulties in supplying blood, drugs and other essential med...

“Every birth should be supported by a safe pair of hands, washed with soap and water, using sterile equipment, in a clean environment.”

1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services – UNICEF, WHO One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP).

Article on congenital syphilis- resulting in stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

WHO publishes new estimates on congenital syphilis Mother-to-child transmission of syphilis can result in a number of serious consequences for the health of newborn infants, including stillbirth, neonatal death, low-birth-weight, prematurity, and other congenital deformities.

"Women who have pregnancy-related health problems -- including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and preterm birth -- are at higher risk for heart disease years later. Yet many women fail to see an internist or cardiologist until a problem arises."

AHA News: Could 'Cardio-Obstetrics' Curb Rise in Pregnancy-Related Deaths? US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.

Educative!

Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ Babies are at the highest risk for Vitamin-K Deficiency Bleeding in the first week of life, so the standard of care is to give the shot within an hour after birth. Many parents don’t know that the risk of VKDB is high in untreated newborns. I, like many pediatricians, see an increasing number of r...