Maternity and Childcare

mothers
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Why we need to focus on quality care for mothers and newborns
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Quality care is a critical issue for mothers and newborn health. More women globally give birth in health facilities than ever before, but this has

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midwives
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives

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pregnancy
Children's Health, Healthcare, Hospitals, International News
Pregnancy loss and developmental abnormalities all linked to genetics and not mother’s intrauterine health
Lourdes Antenor May 4, 2021

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and

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breastfeeding
Children's Health, Healthcare
Breastfeeding linked to higher neurocognitive testing scores in offspring
Lourdes Antenor Apr 28, 2021

New research finds that children who were breastfed scored higher on neurocognitive tests. Researchers in the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of

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Sleep
Healthcare, Learning - Topics
Disrupted sleep linked to the increased risk of early death in women
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

For the first time, a study has shown a clear link between the frequency and duration of unconscious wakefulness during night-time sleep and an increased

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miscarriage
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Miscarriage leave: DB Results leading the way on staff health and wellbeing
Lourdes Antenor Apr 19, 2021

Continuing with a strong focus on staff wellbeing, DB Results has announced it will follow New Zealand’s landmark legislation by offering bereavement leave to staff,

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embryo
Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Pioneer research leads to new insight into formation of the human embryo
Healthcare Channel Apr 9, 2021

Pioneering research led by experts from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute has provided new insight into the formation of the human embryo. The

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newborns
Children's Health
Separating mothers and newborns during COVID poses greater risks
Lourdes Antenor Mar 18, 2021

Keeping mothers and newborns together could save more than 125,000 lives. New research from WHO and partners shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is severely affecting

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gift
Hospitals
$80 Million gift for the health of mothers and babies
Lourdes Antenor Feb 18, 2021

Elizabeth and Bruce Dunlevie have made an $80 million gift to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine to launch a bold new clinical

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childhood cancer
Children's Health
Childhood cancer programmes to get effective new tools
Lourdes Antenor Feb 16, 2021

A suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer is being released by the World Health Organization, on International Childhood

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malnutrition
Children's Health
Acute Malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen
Lourdes Antenor Feb 15, 2021

Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned.

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children
Children's Health, Healthcare News, International News
Children in humanitarian settings will experience lifelong health setbacks
Lourdes Antenor Jan 20, 2021

The early years in children’s lives are critical in building a foundation for optimal development through a stable and nurturing environment. However, for infants and

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