The WHO defines postpartum hemorrhage, a major cause of maternal mortality, as blood loss of 500 mL or more in the first 24 ...

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For many parents-to-be, the second trimester, weeks 13 to 27 have fewer queasy days, and the chance to plan with a clearer ...

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The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical assistance; in the most extreme versions, they ...

Under the revised value-added tax law, consumers will pay a 13% levy on items that had been exempted since 1993, when China ...

Choosing birth control is deeply personal. An expert explains how women can assess their health, lifestyle, fertility goals, and safety needs to find the right contraceptive method.

Lack of meaningful choice for birth care is the reality many pregnant women are facing, writes Adriana Casserly.

As the Amos report into maternal and neonatal safety finds an unacceptable standard of care in many wards. Radhika Sanghani and Victoria Young look at what happens when care is found wanting – and how ...

The goal of this policy is to curb the declining birth rate in the country while also minimizing the impacts caused by a ...