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Creation of ground-breaking database to enhance maternal care in Nigeria

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Hippocratic Post

A Coventry University researcher has been part of a first-of-its-kind project to establish an electronic healthcare database to improve maternity care and reduce deaths of mothers and babies in low and middle-income countries. The Maternal and Perinatal Database for Quality, Equity and Dignity (MPD-4-QED) Programme in Nigeria has been established by the World Health Organisation, […]

Breastfeeding is worth trying

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Anna Burbidge

Back in the 1970s breastfeeding rates were incredibly low. Only around 28% of women in the UK breastfed their babies and that figure included mothers who stopped after the first few feeds. At that time so many mothers formula fed that pregnant women might never have seen a breastfeeding baby, and they often had the […]