The World Health Organization has appointed Dr Vanessa Kerry as the WHO Director-General’s Special Envoy for Health Resilience. Building on her previous role as WHO’s first Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Dr Kerry will help advance a broader agenda focused on building resilient, integrated and sustainably-financed health systems capable of responding to…
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GAUR, Nepal (AP) — The young mother’s breath had grown ragged. Inside her mud home in rural Nepal, she hunched over in agony, pain pummeling her pregnant belly, her swollen legs scarcely able to support her
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A woman with a sight impairment said she felt “disempowered” after not being able to access her own medical records easily during her pregnancy
The growing push for so-called “equal protection” legislation is reshaping the legal landscape of abortion bans across the country—and Kentucky is at the center of that shift
A midwife crisscrosses Alabama to care for pregnant women and deliver babies. It’s an important profession as maternity deserts expand across the U.S., according to the latest March of Dimes report. Maria Fabrizio/NPRhide caption
The planned closure of a maternity unit has added extra stress to pregnancies, mothers-to-be have said
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Palazzo di Varignana, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, has created a new tailored health programme designed specifically for families
KUALA LUMPUR: Mental health support in schools must be strengthened by expanding access to qualified psychologists and establishing multidisciplinary support teams, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye
CELL-FREE DNA patterns detectable during the first trimester could help identify patients at increased risk of pregnancy complications before clinical warning signs emerge, according to new research.
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