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Rising maternal and neonatal mortality rates: The harsh reality of home births

Nearly twenty days before the death of Alpha’s baby, Razia Sultana (21), a member of the SAAF champion women’s football team, died of excessive bleeding after giving birth to a…

Abdullahil Kafi May 29, 2024

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Maternal deaths in hospitals: Faulty medicines may be the cause

Three types of medications are commonly used in a cesarean section or surgical delivery: anesthetics, analgesics, and intravenous saline. Additionally, antibiotics may be used in some cases. Apart from this,…

Abdullahil Kafi March 31, 2024

Exposure to household pollutants may reduce chances of getting pregnant

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Pregnancy complications can also affect the baby’s health later in life

"These findings are important because traditionally, the thinking has been that a person's risk of developing heart disease begins after birth — the same for everyone," said study lead author…

Abdullahil Kafi February 16, 2024

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Family planning program is running at a slow pace

Speaking about the matter, Upazila Family Planning Directorate head Abdullah Al Mamun said that Koira is a densely populated upazila. Although there are 33 units of the Directorate of Family…

Abdullahil Kafi February 16, 2024

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Seminar held on C-section delivery in Bangladesh

Abdullahil Kafi September 14, 2023

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Pregnant mothers’ stress may affect children’s cell aging

More research is certainly needed to understand whether and how pregnancy stress affects black children's telomeres, as the stress measures used in this study took into account the unique stressors…

Abdullahil Kafi December 7, 2022