Tag: childbirth
South Korea’s low birth rate fuels worry
South Korea’s childbirth kept falling in January, fueling worry about the demographic cliff, statistical office data showed on Wednesday.
Mother Gives Birth To 15th Child, Breaks Record
A Health Official said on Tuesday that a 45-year-old Vietnamese woman has broken a national record by giving birth to…
No woman should die during childbirth – Osotimehin
Babatunde Osotimehin, UN Under-Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that it is no longer…
300,000 women die annually – UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says more than 300,000 women die annually during pregnancy and childbirth.
Jehovah’s witness member dies after refusing transfusion
A woman named Peace Euodia has died during childbirth due to excess bleeding. Peace refused blood transfusion because of her…
16 Ugandan Women Die Of Childbirth Complications Daily
As she lay bleeding to death in Valente Inziku’s arms in a Ugandan government hospital in October 2010, Jennifer Anguko,…
Malaria Responsible For Huge Maternal Deaths
Dr. Emmanuel Otolorin, Country Director of Jhpiego, an NGO, said on Thursday that malaria was responsible for 11 percent of…