1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1073+ words) A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Dr. Saheed Jimoh, has said that delayed antenatal registration continues to undermine efforts to prevent avoidable maternal and newborn deaths. He disclosed that some pregnant women present at hospitals when…...

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1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (556+ words) Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have called for urgent action to address funding gaps, affordability barriers, and supply constraints threatening the nationwide scale-up of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation for pregnant women. The appeal was made on Thursday in Abuja during the…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (660+ words) Seychelles and Eritrea have adopted Abbott’s Determine Antenatal Care Panel, a World Health Organisation-prequalified integrated diagnostic test, in a renewed push to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus. The integrated test offers what experts describe as…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (553+ words) The Lagos State Government has enrolled a set of quadruplets whose mother died shortly after childbirth, along with their father and grandparents, into its public health insurance scheme, as part of efforts to support the family and ensure the children…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1408+ words) Every time seven-months-pregnant Ayo Sarumi walks past fruit stalls in her neighbourhood, she keeps moving. Watermelons, which used to be her craving and a regular part of her diet, have become an expense she can no longer justify. “Now that…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (843+ words) Maternal health experts have advised women who delivered their babies through caesarean section to wait at least 24 months before conceiving again, warning that the healing womb scar from the surgery needs adequate time to recover properly. They noted that pregnancies…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (763+ words) Eye specialists have urged pregnant women to avoid using eye drops without a doctor’s prescription, warning that medications applied to the eyes can be absorbed into the bloodstream and may affect the unborn child. The physicians stressed that some substances…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (481+ words) Medical experts in Gombe State have raised concerns over the increasing cases of preeclampsia and related hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, describing the condition as one of the leading causes of maternal and newborn deaths in Nigeria, particularly in the North-East…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1116+ words) Seasoned maternal health experts have said that delayed onset of lactation, which occurs when mothers are unable to produce copious mature milk within 72 hours after childbirth and is common among first-time mothers, women who are obese, diabetic, hypertensive, and have…...