Over 60% of girls in Ethiopia are married by the age of 18. Many don’t have support in negotiating with their husbands and families to take control of their own fertility.
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Women with diabetes are at high risk of pregnancy complications. But there is a lot women can do to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Fat shaming is harmful to all women, but pregnant women face a particular danger. Shaming affects not only their health but also that of their children.
Understanding how pregnancy changes some of the body’s fundamental systems could help treat cancer and other diseases.
Those who claim that Scheer’s positions on a woman’s right to choose and a same-sex couple’s right to marry are irrelevant so long as he refuses to reopen debate are missing the point.
Milk and cookies might be a famous combination, but there’s little evidence so-called lactation biscuits can promote milk flow in breastfeeding mothers.
Supporting mums in prison and whose babies are in care to breastfeed has benefits for mums, their children and wider society.
Research shows fainting in pregnancy may be associated with medical problems for the child at birth and heart conditions in the mother post delivery.
When there is no “village” to help raise a child, parents often turn to baby books for guidance — but they don’t always hold the best advice.
As we celebrate moms this Mother’s Day, let’s remember that maternal health is a right that many do not enjoy.
Mothers are told to stop breastfeeding when taking certain medications – even if they won’t harm their baby.
Home visits as part of community-based schemes to women during and after pregnancy can improve the health of mothers and babies.
Supporting women to have a labour companion or doula of their choice during childbirth has benefits for women and their babies. It could be especially important for women from migrant backgrounds.
Breastfeeding is not a logical choice based on some health benefit but an urge, an instinct.
Nine months is a long time to have sore feet but these easy remedies can ease the pain.
Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
A Lancet series shows that C-sections are performed for non-medical reasons in private health while poor women who need the surgery don’t have access.
A Senate Report has put forward 16 recommendations to reduce rates of stillbirth in Australia targeting a 20% reduction in the rate within three years. We can do this by focusing on five practices.
HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
Pre-eclampsia can be dangerous for expectant mothers, but there are ways to monitor and minimise the risks.
Top contributors
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior lecturer, York St John University
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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Associate professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Research Fellow, University of Bergen
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Vicki Flenady is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Burnet Institute
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Professor of Human Immunology, Swansea University
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Research Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Texas A&M University