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Almost 900 doctors sign Dublin Declaration, affirm abortion is not maternal health

Almost 900 medical professionals have now signed the Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health, launched in 2012 to declare that abortion is not needed to save women’s li...

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Flu shots effective in pregnant women with or without HIV

Tests conducted in 2011 and 2012 show that the influenza vaccine effectively prevents flu infections in pregnant women, whether or not they are infected with HIV. Vaccinati...

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Male Rickshaw Drivers Playing Key Role In Maternal Health Campaign In India

ODISHA, India (WOMENSENEWS)–As the auto rickshaws begin lining up inside the compound at 7 a.m., Vijaylakmi Sahu knows she has just 30 minutes to finish her work. Ove...

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8 states report 71% of total infant deaths

Have you ever wondered why child death (IMR) and mother death (MMR) are going down so slowly in India? Part of the answer can be found in a recent survey report put out by ...

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Whooping cough vaccine safe for pregnant women

Pregnant women in their third trimester can safely receive the whooping cough vaccine to prevent infections in newborns, a recent study from the UK suggests. Whooping cough...

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Wheels of pollution

No one is tracking the substantial amount of lead that escapes into the environment from car tyres THE CAMPAIGN against lead-based products has failed to target one of the ...

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Debunking dangerous myths about vaccines

Measles is making a comeback, with a 20-year high in reported infections, due mostly to folks who are opting out of the vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Co...

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Civic body launches project to supplement needs of high-risk pregnant women

In a first-of-its-kind initiative to bring down the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the city, the health wing of the Trichy Corporation on Thursday embarked on an ambitiou...

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Didier Drogba Vs Malaria Ahead Of FIFA World Cup

Just days ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, football star and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Didier Drogbalaunches an animated video t...

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Treat TB like HIV, say activists

Treatment Action Campaign, Section 27, and Médecins Sans Frontières are calling for civil society, which forced the government in 2002 to give antiretrovirals...

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