Nearly three in four maternal health workers in Australia, Brazil, India, the UK and Zimbabwe say heat-linked pregnancy complications have increased over five years. Midwives and researchers are already testing simple ways to keep pregnant women cool. Zimbabwe’s...
Stillbirths have fallen by more than a third since 2000, but progress has slowed since 2015. The Gates Foundation and Wellcome Leap will each put US$50m over three years into Uzima, a programme to halve stillbirth rates in selected countries within ten years. UN...
Women vaccinated against HPV before pregnancy had a slightly lower risk of giving birth early, a Swedish registry study has found. The researchers stress the study cannot prove the vaccine caused the difference, and catch-up vaccination and early antenatal care remain...
For every woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth, many more survive life-threatening complications. Surveillance systems that count these near misses are helping countries such as Italy and the UK improve care, and an international network that met in Rome this...
The World Health Organization has published a global plan to tackle high blood pressure in pregnancy, which causes about 16% of maternal deaths. It targets a long gap in medicines for pre-eclampsia, while proven checks and treatments can already protect women today....
