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UNICEF and partners are working to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), an excruciating disease that kills tens of thousands of infants every year. Babra, 36 and pregnant with her eighth child, is vaccinated against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) by a UNICEF-supported Lady Health Worker in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

UNICEF and partners are stepping up efforts to ensure equitable access to nutrition services and care in 16 countries where malnutrition risks are highest among pregnant women and adolescent girls. The new Improving Maternal Nutrition Acceleration Plan to Prevent Malnutrition and Anemia During Pregnancy promises to go a long ...

Maternal healthcare: A pregnant woman waits for consultation with a doctor at a civil hospital in Dehra, Himachal Pradesh, on April 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: MONEY SHARMA In May, a United Nations report showed that India was among the 10 countries that together accounted for 60% of global ...

WASHINGTON, Mar 3: Neutral maternal behaviour towards their infants has been linked with an epigenetic change related to stress response in children, according to a new study which added evidence to the importance of early development.Epigenetics are molecular processes independent of DNA that influence gene behaviour.In this study, researchers ...

Some 650,000 pregnant women in flood-hit provinces are affected by maternal malnutrition; unregulated use of medicines, untrained birth attendants, lack of access to health facilities among problems post-floods. Source link

Dedicates Paediatric wards, ICUs, Maternal ICUs to the public The conclave provides a unique platform to deliberate upon challenges, opportunities & newer initiatives in Maternal & Child healthcare: LG UT of J&K has registered significant decline in the Infant Mortality Rate during last one year. The administration envisions to ...

The heatwave that swept across South Asia in April could not have come at a worse time for Babita Baswal. At nine months pregnant, the 32-year-old struggled with nausea and fatigue, as temperatures in Delhi soared to highs of 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit). After a particularly violent bout ...

DHAKA — Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.In a new report, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Population Fund ...

In a new report, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said that the impact also included sharp drops in the number of young children treated for severe acute malnutrition as well as in childhood immunizations.   Drastic cuts in health across South ...

#Pakistan News Black British mothers experience a greater risk of poor outcomes during their pregnancy, or after giving birth. Britain's Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, with her child attends a lawmakers meeting to elect a speaker and for a swearing-in ceremony, in London, Britain, December 17, 2019. (Reuters) The ...