Postnatal Care News

• “I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah

  UNFPA | August 2018

• New York City launches initiative to eliminate racial disparities in maternal death

  Pro Publica | July 2018

• Mom-to-be? Why your mental health is critical during and after pregnancy

  Cape Talk | July 2018

• Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks

  The Conversation | June 2018

• Nigeria’s health workers’ strike disrupts maternal care nationwide

  HealthNews | May 2018

• Maternal mental health problems – the impact in numbers

  The Conversation | May 2018

• Progress on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

  Every Woman Every Child | May 2018

• Doctors want postpartum care for new moms to start sooner than the 6-week checkup

  Simplemost | May 2018

• Introduce mental health checks for new mothers, ministers told

  The Guardian | May 2018

• ACOG redesigns postpartum care

  ACOG | April 2018

• Redesigning maternal care: OB-GYNs are urged to see new mothers sooner and more often

  NPR | April 2018

• Women across UK denied mental healthcare around childbirth, say doctors

  The Guardian | April 2018

• New toolkit aims to prevent dangerous blood clots in pregnancy

  Scope | April 2018

• For women with low-risk pregnancies, technology can reduce doctor visits

  NPR | March 2018

• Postpartum OCD is frequently misdiagnosed and misunderstood – but it is treatable

  The Toronto Star | March 2018

• No difference in safety for HIV+ pregnant women deferring TB Tx

  MedPage Today | March 2018

• Launch of new Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health website on International Women’s Day!

  FIGO News | March 2018

• What should everyone know about post-birth maternal mental health?

  Forbes | March 2018

• Simple steps with lasting impact for newborn survival

  Measure Evaluation | February 2018

• Maternal health stats in 1970 versus today show improvements, but there’s still a long way to go

  Romper | February 2018

• California’s maternal deaths dropped without health care expansion – A tough prospect in Texas

  KUT News | February 2018

• A larger role for midwives could improve deficient U.S. care for mothers and babies

  ProPublica | February 2018

• Unsafe and Unexplained

  Harvard Medical School | February 2018

• Postpartum depression can linger for years and impact kids’ behavior

  Reuters | February 2018

• Maternal mental health priorities, help-seeking behaviors, and resources in post-conflict settings: A qualitative study in eastern Uganda

  BMC Psychiatry | February 2018

• Maternal mental health priorities, help-seeking behaviors, and resources in post-conflict settings: a qualitative study in eastern Uganda

  BMC Psychiatry | February 2018

• Community-based solutions can address racial disparities in maternal health

  Every Mother Counts | February 2018

• The mothers and midwives behind South Sudan’s maternal mortality crisis

  News Deeply | Women and Girls | January 2018

• The magic of results-based financing

  ReliefWeb | December 2017

• A lifesaving childbirth tool was successfully introduced in India—but saved no lives

  Quartz India | December 2017