Postnatal Care News

• Postpartum depression screening at well-child checks improves maternal mental health

  2minute medicine | September 2017

• Kenya maternity fee waiver is great—but there are still gaps in the policy

  The Conversation | August 2017

• Many nurses lack knowledge of health risks to mothers after childbirth

  NPR | August 2017

• Iraq launches UN-supported action plan to save lives of mothers and newborns

  UN News Centre | August 2017

• Engaging and supporting mothers to sustain breastfeeding: Tsaganesh’s story

  The Pump | August 2017

• Five things to know about breastfeeding around the world

  Newsweek | August 2017

• ‘If you hemorrhage, don’t clean up’: Advice from mothers who almost died

  NPR | August 2017

• Nigeria pledges to achieve 50 percent exclusive breastfeeding by 2018

  allAfrica | July 2017

• UK attitudes to breastfeeding must change, say experts

  The Guardian | July 2017

• Midwives call for ‘urgent’ funding for mental health care for new mothers after postnatal depression death

  Independent | July 2017

• What moms need to breast-feed: Chicken soup, grandma’s help, Facebook

  NPR | July 2017

• Tanzania: Postpartum care neglect is one leading cause of deaths

  allAfrica | July 2017

• Women with high-risk pregnancies are more likely to develop heart disease

  NPR | July 2017

• Transforming tragedy into effective maternal mortality prevention efforts

  Health Affairs Blog | June 2017

• Secrets of breast-feeding from global moms in the know

  NPR | June 2017

• Socioeconomic realities of kangaroo care in rural Uganda

  Makerere University Centre of Excellence for MNCH | June 2017

• Too many opioids after cesarean delivery

  The New York Times | June 2017

• ‘Gentle’ c-sections are growing in popularity

  CNN | June 2017

• Breastfeeding may protect against chronic pain after Caesarean section

  Healthy Newborn Network | June 2017

• This intervention helps underserved women access needed postpartum care

  Health Affairs | June 2017

• Put your baby in a box? Experts advise caution

  The New York Times | May 2017

• Bangladesh shows way to ensure maternal nutrition in existing health system

  bdnews24.com | May 2017

• Strong coffee, stronger women

  Gates Notes | May 2017

• Kenya: Buuri MP seeks to have maternity leave prolonged

  allAfrica | May 2017

• Pelvic floor training in pregnancy could help prevent the need for ‘barbaric’ vaginal mesh surgery

  The Conversation | April 2017

• Universalizing the facility of institutional delivery

  Business Standard | April 2017

• Georgia announces priorities for reproductive, maternal and newborn health

  Agenda.ge | April 2017

• In India, better access to contraception is key to reducing maternal deaths

  The Wire | April 2017

• Zika poses even greater risk for birth defects than was previously known, CDC reports

  Washington Post | April 2017

• Women experience high rates of health insurance ‘churn’ before and after childbirth

  Harvard Chan School of Public Health | April 2017