Topic: Pregnancy
Pregnancy ‘clouded by fear’ in Gaza: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has marked World Health Day with a statement on the struggle of 55,000 pregnant women in Gaza, where “pregnancy is clouded by fear” due to ongoing violence of Israeli occupation, displacement and lack of medical access.
“A healthy pregnancy in Gaza is no longer feasible”: UNFPA
“155,000 pregnant women and new mothers there are living with unimaginable stress,” the agency says in a post on Instagram.
Supreme Court rejects woman’s request to end 26-week pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Monday declined the request of a woman seeking to terminate her 26-week-old pregnancy, The Indian Express reported. The three-judge Bench...
One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: UN report
The report shows that over 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth, equivalent to one death happening every seven seconds, mostly from preventable or treatable causes if proper care was available.
Nearly half of all pregnancies unintended: UN report
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
