Pregnancy and Childbirth in Africa and the Caribbean

News : Pregnancy and Childbirth in Africa and the Caribbean

First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yara'Adua, has called on policy makers to focus on issues that would reduce child and maternal mortality rate in the country. (AllAfrica)

A decline in fertility rate among Ugandan women over the next 30 years can help slow the country's fast growing population, a medical doctor has said. (AllAfrica)

UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women's reproductive health project. (AllAfrica)

THE shortage of contraceptives essential to family planning is responsible for their poor use, a senior official in the health ministry has said. (AllAfrica)

The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information. (AllAfrica)

The First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar 'Adua, has embarked on an advocacy visit to improve maternal and child survival in the country. (AllAfrica)

GOVERNMENTS have been urged to embrace community-based approaches to promote modern contraception. (AllAfrica)

Poor health facilities and poverty have been blamed for the high rate of maternal mortality in Africa. (AllAfrica)

When a woman is expecting a baby it is supposed to be a blissful and delightful experience, but for many the magic they feel at bringing a little one into the world, quickly turns into a nightmare as they struggle to cope with the changes that come along with motherhood. (AllAfrica)

In Uganda, induced abortion is permitted only when continuation of a pregnancy would endanger a woman's life. The country's major religions too, outlaw the practice. Because of this, it is often practiced in secret, with many women having to rely on practitioners who use dangerous methods under unsanitary conditions. An estimated illegal 300,000 abortions are said to occur annually in the country. And the consequences have been deadly for many women. (AllAfrica)

ABOUT 56% of all pregnancies in Uganda are unplanned due to lack of access to modern family planning methods. (AllAfrica)

FEDERAL government has been urged to adopt more effective treatment programmes to preserve women's lives and stop preventable deaths in the country. (AllAfrica)

THE First Lady, Janet Museveni, has urged men to support their wives in family planning and prevention of maternal and child mortality. (AllAfrica)

THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that cases of maternal mortality remains on the increase in the country, even as it announced a drastic reduction in infant mortality across the country. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Health Designate, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, has assured Ghanaians that he will let maternal mortality become a thing of the past. (AllAfrica)

In as much as mother-to-child-Transmission (MTCT)of HIV is almost entirely preventable where services are available, infant feeding choices for the HIV-infected women remains one of the most contentious issues in efforts to prevent MTCT of HIV in resource poor countries like Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

Politicians, teachers and Catholic Church leaders are not amused: Married women in central Kenya do not want to have any more babies. (AllAfrica)

DESPITE having one of the highest fertility rates in the world, few married women in Uganda use contraception. Compared to other countries in the region, Uganda trails in family planning use. (AllAfrica)

THAT Uganda loses 16 mothers to pregnancy and childbirth everyday is as strange as it is true. To put facts into perspective, this is an equivalent of losing a commuter taxi full of expectant mothers everyday. (AllAfrica)

Nigerians have been urged to persevere in the face of the ongoing hardship and general insecurity in the country and use the coming elections in 2011 to put in the right leadership that will lift the country from the pangs of poverty. (AllAfrica)

When philosophers defined success as the enduring product of drive, determination and consistency at positive actions and endeavours, they had no inkling it would fit neatly into the life and times of the Chief Servant and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu. (AllAfrica)

Mumbwa is one of the commonest traditional forms of medical treatment. However, it is shrouded in such mysticism that one could easily end up misusing it. For instance, did you know that it is possible to have an overdose of mumbwa? Did you also know that some mumbwa are best taken after a meal or when one is going to bed? (AllAfrica)

HEALTH officials have called for increased funding to stop the high infant and maternal mortality rates. (AllAfrica)

OVER 1,000 babies produced by HIV-positive mothers in Kitgum and Gulu districts have received equipment to facilitate their care. The equipment that included a Land Cruiser vehicle, two motorcycles, computers and digital cameras, all worth sh128m, were given to Health Alert, a local NGO supported by SAVE the Children. (AllAfrica)

KENYA'S fertility rate is on a downward trend, with women choosing not to give birth and instead opt for increased use of contraceptives, a demographic health survey report released last week by the Ministry of Planning and National Development, indicates. (AllAfrica)

YOU do not understand Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese by analysing her character traits. She is one of those few people so consumed by the passion for what they do, which leads to an understanding of who they are. (AllAfrica)

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. (AllAfrica)

A new health report on reproductive health in Mbale District has revealed that 59 per cent of expectant mothers deliver at home. (AllAfrica)

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. (AllAfrica)

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. (AllAfrica)

Chairman of the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hajiya Maryam Yola, has urged the state chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to spearhead the publicity and enlightenment campaign on girl-child education in the state. (AllAfrica)

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