Childbirth

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3 Reasons Why You Should Shave Your Pregnant Wife

Regular shaving of the pubic hair is a vital part of prenatal care, but the growing baby bump makes it very difficult...

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Group Steps In To Help Reduce Neonatal Deaths

In a bid to stem the high rate of neonatal deaths in the country, a group has educated mothers on the current care of...

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Couple Demands Justice, Corpse of Babies Killed By Medical Negligence In 2010

A couple who lost their twin babies at the Tema General Hospital in 2010 as a result of alleged negligence have renewed...

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[Video] Perinatal Depression: The Silent Killer Among Women?

Heard of perinatal depression before? Well, it’s a very common disorder amongst women yet very little is known about...

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Managers Urged To Ensure Annual Medical Examination of Staff

The Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital,  Akofa Adika-Bensah, has...

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BECE Candidate Gives Birth Moments After ICT Paper

A very determined teenager, who did not want to truncate her schooling due to pregnancy, managed to finish with the...

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Endangered Gorilla Gives Birth To Baby By A Team of Doctors Who Treat Humans

A gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo has given birth to a healthy baby after a difficult labor that required medical...

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Study Highlights High Death Risk For Africa Twins

One in five children born with a twin sibling in sub-Saharan Africa dies before the age of five -- three times the rate...

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The Restoration Journey of Mma Fulera

After she lost the courage to trade in vegetables – her  source of livelihood at the Aboabo market in Tamale –...

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Giving Birth With Obstetric Fistula; the Story of Samata

A total of thirty four cases have been booked for reconstructive surgery at the Ghana Center for Excellence for Fistula...

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First Lady Rallies Support To Reduce Maternal Deaths

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s Mothers’ Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to...

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Arguments For Maternity Leave Expansion Intensifies

The discussion for an extension of maternity leave for nursing mothers is fast growing among Ghanaian workers as it...

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Mrs. Akufo-Addo Raises Funds To Construct Maternity Block At KATH

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched a fund-raising event to mobilise 10 million Ghana cedis to build a...

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Ghana Introduced To Framework On Midwifery Services

Ghana is one of the few countries to be introduced to the Midwifery Services Framework (MSF),President of the Ghana...

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Cheap Drug Tackles Death In Childbirth

Severe bleeding after childbirth is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide A cheap drug has been shown to stop...

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Healthcare Providers Undergo Training In Maternal Health Care

The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), in collaboration with the Latter-Day Saint Charities and the Ghana Health Service...

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Women Threaten To ‘boycott’ Child Birth

The women took the decision after more than four pregnant women died enroute to give birth Women at Teselima in the...

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Maternal Mortality On the Rise At Tamale Teaching Hospital

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has for three consecutive years, recorded an upsurge in maternal mortality; something...

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Family Furious After Dead Baby Goes Missing At Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

The father of the baby said the mortuary attendants have refused to allow him see the body A family is holding the...