Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% in a seven-year period, from 556 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 per 100,000 in 2022. The success is attributable to increased political ...

Even as researchers are trying to understand the phenomenon, India’s community health workers are acting as an early warning ...

Black women are nearly seven times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related death in New Jersey. Several ...

Postpartum patients with hypertension who were prescribed nifedipine at discharge had an 88% lower readmission rate than ...

Birth is unpredictable. It is full of gore, fluids, wetness and screams. It flirts with death. Even today, with modern ...

Recent research paper aims to identify and synthesize clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) related to the assessment, ...

Preterm birth (PTB) continues to pose a challenge in neonatal medicine, and it is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and ...

This thesis bundles various studies conducted between 2016 and 2022, that provide insights into prevalence’s, risk factors, causes and modifiable factors of perinatal mortality and other adverse ...

A "large proportion" of deaths among children and young people between 2022 and 2023 were preventable, according to the latest National Paediatric Mortality Register.

Stakeholders in the Lagos State health sector have debunked claims that maternal and perinatal deaths were caused by witchcraft, urging pregnant women to register early for antenatal care at skilled ...

AI-based foetal growth study finds hidden risks, highlighting the need for personalised pregnancy care and improved clinical ...