These frontline health workers, with their close knowledge of the communities they work in, could help ensure safe access to the much-needed procedure.

Two pregnant women died in 2024 in Ketu South with one death caused by hemolytic transfusion reaction (life-threatening reaction to receiving blood transfusion) and the other by sickle cell anaemia.

Maternal and infant death. They were hired after lawmakers and bureaucrats debated and negotiated and persuaded their ...

Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, getting their immune systems boosted, teeth cleaned, eyes checked and ...

Trump's IVF executive order sparks debate on reproductive rights, personhood, and access. Advocates call for comprehensive ...

Age remains a major risk factor, with maternal mortality rates significantly higher among women 40 and older. In 2023, the mortality rate for this age group was 59.8 deaths per 100,000 live births – ...

SB142, SB59, HB1427, HB1048, HB1223, HB1207, HB1208, HB1209, HB1210, HB1211, HB1390, HB1391LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- On Thursday, ...

Startup Millie aims to reimagine the standard of maternity care with a midwife-led model that offers patients both in-patient and virtual care services.  | Millie plans to expand its footprint and add ...

Testimonials from around the world show that Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has been damaging and chaotic.

Black maternal mortality rates are alarming, but churches are taking action. Salvation and Social Justice is teaching churches how to get involved in the birth justice movement.

Gov. Sanders signed three bills into law: a school phone ban, free school breakfasts, and Medicaid changes for pregnant ...

Texas sees a significant rise in sepsis among women after the abortion ban, raising concerns over delayed care and lives lost.