Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that expectant women have at least eight antenatal care (ANC) visits with skilled healthcare providers, such as doctors, nurses, or ...

Two major private maternity units in Darwin and Hobart are set to close leaving hundreds of women in limbo. It's the latest ...

Mental health can impact the heart leading to increased stress hormone secretions thereby causing high BP, irregular ...

GDoH reports that out of 229 127 pregnant women who attended antenatal care in Gauteng health facilities between January 2024 and January 2025, only 64 133 of them presented to health facilities after ...

By CHERECHI NWABUEZE Maternal mortality rates remain alarmingly high worldwide, with nearly 95 per cent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Most of these deaths are ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica- Pregnant women are being urged to identify their risks early, join high-risk antenatal clinics, if ...

Maternal experts have said that starting antenatal care between six and eight weeks helps reduce the risks of complications, promotes a healthy pregnancy experience, and improves health outcomes for ...

The Ministry of Health on February 17 presented before parliament its proposal to lower the age of consent for contraceptive use from 18 to 15, citing high rates of teenage pregnancies and child ...

Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has immortalised his wife with the Patience Umo Eno Antenatal Complex at the University of ...

Babies and pregnant women facing an uncertain future will receive better care with the addition of a midwife to the nursing ...

Derian House Children's Hospice has appointed a midwife to provide additional support to pregnant women and babies facing ...

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Emem Bassey, says the federal healthcare facility spends 40 per cent of its total revenue on settling electricity bills. Mr ...