Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour or delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies leaves the uterus by passing through the vagina or by Caesarean section. In 2015, there were about 135 million births globally. About 15 million were born before 37 weeks of gestation, while between 3 and 12 per cent were born after 42 weeks. In the developed world most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in the developing world most births take place at home with the support of a traditional birth attendant.The most common way of childbirth is a vaginal delivery. It involves three …
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WHO: World Health Organization · 13 November 2024 English
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preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during childbirth, there remains a persistent risk of transmission …
WHO: World Health Organization · 12 November 2024 English
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Availability of national policies/guidelines related to childbirth 29 5.5 Availability of national policies/guidelines … selected national policies/guidelines related to childbirth as reported in 2023 WHO SRMNCAH policy survey … selected national policies/guidelines related to childbirth, by WHO region, as reported in 2023 WHO SRMNCAH … worldwide died from a complication of pregnancy and childbirth or during the postnatal period, resulting in … addition, almost half of stillbirths occur during childbirth and can be prevented through quality antenatal …
WHO: World Health Organization · 11 November 2024 English
Governance is a critical building block of the health system, with the overarching function of ensuring that strategic policy frameworks exist and are combined with intelligence and oversight, collaboration and …
as well as in connection with pregnancy and childbirth”. The PMG is composed of a number of packages …
UCU: University and College Union · 11 November 2024 English
n If an employee has a miscarriage within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, the redundancy protected period ends 2 weeks from the end of the pregnancy. [...] n If …
period ends 18 months from the expected week of childbirth). If there is a stillbirth or miscarriage n The …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English
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of key WHO guidelines, such as the Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care manual (28,29) …
WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English
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preventable causes of death during pregnancy, childbirth and childhood. In September 2012, and with a … recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience. Geneva: World Health Organization; …
WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English
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Additionally, they are imperative for ensuring safe childbirth: annually, up to 1 million mothers and babies … country analysis of water and sanitation in the childbirth environment. PloS One. 2016;11(8):e0160572. …
World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English
targets On track. Increase in total hospital cases (childbirth, strokes, and myocardial infarction) treated …
World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English
favorable conditions on women due to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Employee earnings must be …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 4 November 2024 English
This study investigates the effect of a large-scale comprehensive intervention in Costa Rica aimed at reducing adolescent pregnancy among the poorest districts by integrating reproductive health services into the national …
the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort.” BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, (2021) Jul 7;21(1):494. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03977-1 …
