Pregnancy
Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but can occur through assisted reproductive technology procedures. A pregnancy may end in a live birth, a spontaneous miscarriage, an induced abortion, or a stillbirth. Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from the start of the last menstrual period (LMP). This is just over nine months – (gestational age) where each month averages 31 days. When using fertilization age it is about 38 weeks. …
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WHO: World Health Organization · 21 November 2024 English
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women and couples. He argued that, while early pregnancy affects schooling, job opportunities, unsafe … What is the magnitude of the impact of unwanted pregnancy and infertility on the older population? • How …
WHO: World Health Organization · 21 November 2024 English
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Recognize the impact of sexual activity and pregnancy which affect differently the trajectories of … Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Pregnancy and NCDs Committee and the Science and Evidence …
WHO: World Health Organization · 20 November 2024 English
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first trimester, but PQ is not recommended during pregnancy or for women who are breastfeeding infants aged … including for women in the first trimester of pregnancy. In low-transmission areas, a single low dose …
WHO: World Health Organization · 20 November 2024 French
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recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience (2016). https://www.who.int/publi …
WHO: World Health Organization · 18 November 2024 English
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dyslipidaemia management of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy a curriculum for therapeutic patient education … diabetes Diabetes/hyperglycaemia in pregnancy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Figure … approach to diagnose and manage hyperglycaemia in pregnancy (including GDM) in resource-poor settings 1 …
WHO: World Health Organization · 18 November 2024 English
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infant exposed to the rubella virus early in pregnancy (see the figure below). The critical window of … infection is < 18 weeks of pregnancy, with the most vulnerable period during pregnancy between 8 and 10 weeks … findings in an infant exposed to syphilis in pregnancy (see the figure below). Using the information … an infant infected with the cytomegalovirus in pregnancy (see the figure below). The highest risk for … findings in an infant infected by the Zika virus in pregnancy (see the figure below). The highest risk for …
WHO: World Health Organization · 18 November 2024 English
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.............................45 Inclusion of pregnancy outcomes .................................... … Malformaciones Congénitas ETOPFA elective terminations of pregnancy with fetal anomalies GARD Genetic and Rare Diseases … exposures that may put a woman at risk for having a pregnancy affected by a congenital anomaly.Module 1. Introduction … • ensure vaccinations are up to date prior to pregnancy • maintain a healthy weight • consume adequate … vitamin supplements prior to pregnancy • control diabetes prior to pregnancy • use iodine to prevent hypothyroidism …
WHO: World Health Organization · 17 November 2024 English
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research and development systems chemoprevention in pregnancy, owing to the particularly high risk and the adverse … adverse consequences of malaria during pregnancy. For both use cases, the PPCs describe in detail some … developing vaccines to prevent malaria during pregnancy. Substantive basic work in vaccinology remains … endorsement. An LMICs clinical trial network for pregnancy-related conditions has been mapped out. The Concept …
WHO: World Health Organization · 13 November 2024 English
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diabetes (4). Gestational diabetes occurs in pregnancy with blood glucose values above normal but below … gestational diabetes mellitus and diabetes in pregnancy were omitted to ensure that the retained indicators …
World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English
This paper investigates the parenthood penalty in Indonesian labor markets, with a focus on gender disparities. It uses longitudinal data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey from 1993 to 2014 …
evaluating the never-parents data. 2.2 Year of First Pregnancy and Work Histories (a) Mothers (b) Fathers Figure … First Pregnancy for Parents Sample Figure 1 presents the distribution of the age at first pregnancy for … mothers, approximately 80%, experienced their first pregnancy between the ages of 20 and 30. Within this range … proportion, less than 0.5%, of mothers had their first pregnancy later, between the ages of 35 and 40. This distribution … It might be that, 15because of the length of pregnancy and timing of the survey, parents adjust their …