EVERY pregnant woman has one foot in the grave," goes an African adage. This may sound crude today but it is the reality for many rural poverty-stricken women like Consolata Kebikali, 38. She has survived death nine times during childbirth, but has traded her luck for four of the babies she was trying to give life.
Preliminary data from the 2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), which shows that the fertility rate has declined from 4.9 births per woman in 2003 to 4.6 births today, seems to show progress in managing its population growth.
As part of the Federal Government's efforts to reverse the ugly trend in the maternal and child health, not less than 64 midwives have been deployed to four area councils in FCT.
On October 30, Uganda marked Safe Motherhood Day under the theme "Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies." According to the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2006, Uganda's maternal mortality rate stands at 435 per every 100,000 live births, most of which results from frequent unintended pregnancies. Low contraceptive has been highlighted as one of the key factors contributing to the high ...
Sixty-year-old Alice Nabulobi is perhaps one great grandmother whose family is haunted by maternal mortality through the generation.
A new health report on reproductive health in Mbale District has revealed that 59 per cent of expectant mothers deliver at home.
Sudan is one of the world's most dangerous places for mothers, the top United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official there has said, calling for increased maternal care services.
A PUPIL in western Uganda yesterday developed labour pains and gave birth to a bouncing baby moments after the social studies examination got underway.
Legislators have called on the government for swift action to reduce the number of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. At least 435 of every 100,000 women die in child birth or pregnancy related complications.
Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
CHARLES Ssali, an U-12 footballer, will represent Uganda at the launch of the 'United Against Malaria' campaign due in Ethiopia November 5-8.
WIFE of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs. Josephine is collaborating with the United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity, particularly in the state.
Have you checked in with your breastfeeding support group? If you were a woman who gave birth in one of Mali's 48 "baby-friendly hospitals", you should have been assigned to one that checked up on you - often as soon as minutes after the delivery.
Ecobank Nigeria Plc said the registration of prospective participants for the Season 2 of the Entrepreneur, Nigeria's acclaimed business reality television show has commenced in all branches of Ecobank nationwide.
