Teenage pregnancies and deliveries are accompanied by more risks as compared to older women. The risks include pre-eclampsia — a condition in pregnancy characterised by high blood pressure and fluid retention. A nurse at the Madina Polyclinic, Ms Dora Otoo, who made this known, said adolescents’ bodies were premature to carry foetus and that most […]
The World Health Organization has joined the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service, and partners to launch the 2021 National Breastfeeding Week celebration under the theme, Protect Breastfeeding: A shared responsibility. This year’s event will focus on raising awareness and galvanizing action on protecting breastfeeding to improve public health. The week-long celebration will be […]
By Royal Uche Lagos — Chichi Okafor, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, unexpectedly became pregnant again before her daughter turned six months old. Although Okafor knew about using condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies, she felt powerless. “My husband does not like it, so we resorted to the withdrawal method,” Okafor says. “I am three months pregnant. […]
Nigeria has about 512 maternal mortality per 100,000 births, one of the worst in the world, according to health minister Osagie Ehanire. The Amuwo Odofin Maternal and Child Centre (AOMCC) in Lagos State achieved zero mortality out of a total of 493 birth deliveries it recorded between January and March this year. According to figures […]
