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Childbirth

Redefining baby showers in the age of emigration

World, Maverick Life

Redefining baby showers in the age of emigration

by: Sulette Ferreira

Five steps, fast: This plastic sheet and pouch can stop thousands of women from dying after giving birth

Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

Five steps, fast: This plastic sheet and pouch can stop thousands of women from dying after giving birth

by: Zano Kunene

Five ways to improve domestic workers’ maternity protection

Maverick Citizen

Five ways to improve domestic workers’ maternity protection

by: Catherine Pereira-Kotze

Obstetric violence must be reframed as human rights violation in Africa — former UN Special Rapporteur

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Obstetric violence must be reframed as human rights violation in Africa — former UN Special Rapporteur

by: Naledi Sikhakhane

Obstetric violence and the cruel culture of collusion that devastates young doctors

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Obstetric violence and the cruel culture of collusion that devastates young doctors

by: Regan Boden

Reading while pregnant

Maverick Life, Maverick Citizen

Reading while pregnant

by: Yewande Omotoso

People still have sex during disease outbreaks. Here’s why governments would do well to remember that

World, Maverick Citizen, COVID-19

People still have sex during disease outbreaks. Here’s why governments would do well to remember that

by: Matshidiso Moeti and Julitta Onabanjo

Health-E News: When a parent’s ‘bundle of joy’ becomes a mental struggle

South Africa

Health-E News: When a parent’s ‘bundle of joy’ becomes a mental struggle

by: Health-e News

Newsdeck

Group-B strep blamed for nearly 150,000 stillbirths, baby deaths

by: AFP

Health-E: When a child gives birth, who failed her?

South Africa, Maverick Life

Health-E: When a child gives birth, who failed her?

by: Health-e News

Maternal mortality in Mozambique: ‘Who wants to give birth here?’

Africa

Maternal mortality in Mozambique: ‘Who wants to give birth here?’

by: Mercedes Sayagues

Insufficient evidence to support health claims associated with eating placenta

Africa

Insufficient evidence to support health claims associated with eating placenta

by: Africa Check