Health

Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’, shows new UNICEF report

A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly eight in 10 children under five were successfully registered at birth in the last five years. more

Alarming number of women mistreated during childbirth, new UN health agency figures show

New York: More than a third of women surveyed across four lower-income countries, reported being mistreated during childbirth, a new study led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has r ...

C-section birth: Study says procedure increasing at an alarming rate

London: A recent study has said that the percentage of doctors and pregnant mothers undertaking the Ceasarean section or the C-Section has almost doubled in the last decade and a half. It ...

WHO study reveals ‘game-changer’ drug with potential to save thousands of women’s lives in childbirth

New York: A stand-by drug used to prevent potentially-fatal bleeding after childbirth has some new competition – with improved benefits, according a United Nations health agency-led ...

New guidelines on global care standards during childbirth issued by UN health agency

New York, Feb 16 (JEN): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines on global care standards throughout labour and immediately after childbirth aimed at r ...

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