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Human Rights Facts (45): Health

Filip Spagnoli wrote 2 days ago: This post focuses on health and health care. I already wrote posts on the specific subjects of infan … more »

Tags: human rights facts, health, Food, poverty, infant mortality, Life Expectancy, Child Labor, Health Care, malnutrition

Human Rights Facts (37): Maternal Mortality

Filip Spagnoli wrote 2 weeks ago: Maternal death, or maternal mortality, is the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy. … more »

Tags: Human Rights, human rights facts, Africa, Asia, Childbirth, Culture, death, Discrimination, health

Ethiopia's Maternal Vision

Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha wrote 1 month ago: In Ethiopia, women use herbs, poison, wire or coat-hangers to end unwanted pregnancies.   Unsafe ab … more »

Tags: Ethiopia, Abortion, planned parenthood, Pregnancy

Abortion as a Terrorist Attack: Welcome to the Mother's Day Parade7 comments

archcrone wrote 1 month ago: On Saturday, Trinity Chapel, along with other churches and one hearse held a Fake Funeral to mourn a … more »

Tags: Reproductive Health, Blogging, Abortion, Mother's Day Blogswarm for Maternal Deaths, reporductive health, Teen Pregnancy

The Best Countries to Be A Mother and Child

archcrone wrote 1 month ago: Save the Children has issued their annual Mother’s Report Card. Save the Children, a U.S.-base … more »

Tags: Reproductive Health, health, Mothers, state of the world's mothers

TC-I Tidbits

Shital wrote 2 months ago: Health: According to a report, India is not on track toward the Millennium Development Goal of redu … more »

Tags: CSR, Energy, Government, health, Research, Agriculture, OSRAM, renewable energy, migration

The Greatest Genocide in History (Part I)7 comments

Aniket Alam wrote 2 months ago: . It is estimated by historians that about 72 million people were killed during the second World War … more »

Tags: demography, India - Pakistan, Pop goes the Culture!, The Post Column, Wo/Men, Feminism, Gender, dowry, Female Foeticide, female infanticide, genocide

Help me understand...3 comments

Kathy wrote 2 months ago: A recent wordpress blog talked about a funeral procession in Knoxville, the day before Mother’ … more »

Tags: Abortion, Pro-Life, Adoption, south dakota task force report on abortion, infant mortality, Knoxville, Funeral

Mother's Day Blogswarm for Maternal Death2 comments

archcrone wrote 2 months ago: On Mothers’ Day you will find both the ShortWoman and the ArchCrone at the head of a parade. Thi … more »

Tags: Reproductive Health, Announcements, activism, Blogswarm, MOTHERS DAY

Tracking Maternal Mortality Rates in Rural India

prernasri wrote 3 months ago: India has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world - 300 per 100,000 live births.  … more »

Tags: health, Research, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Maternal mortality surveillance system, Policy making, Rural India

A Kangaroo Courts New England

independentchildbirth wrote 3 months ago: Winter is still here in Connecticut. I drove to Capitol Avenue to formally hear the opinion of the … more »

Tags: Midwifery, homebirth, childbirth education, Birth, Pregnancy, health, Midwives, Home Birth, CNM

Epidurals, what do you REALLY know??

livinnaturally wrote 3 months ago: - the anesthetic drug used in the epidural is derived from COCAINE!!! - the epidrual lowers the rele … more »

Tags: epidurals, doctors, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Medical intervention, induction, Cesarean, infant mortality, cocaine

Birthing the American way

livinnaturally wrote 3 months ago: As we all know in America, the rate of interventions, inductions, cesareans, infant mortality, and … more »

Tags: Childbirth, doctors, Pregnancy, epidurals, Medical intervention, induction, Cesarean, infant mortality

Women's day in Afghanistan

harryrud wrote 4 months ago: Happy International Women’s Day. Some 685 women will die today in Afghanistan due to disease o … more »

Tags: Afghanistan, Aid & Development, politics current affairs, Women, International Women's Day, Domestic Violence

Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries1 comment

western4uk wrote 4 months ago: House of Commons International Development Committee (200 Maternal Health: Fifth Report of Session … more »

Tags: Abortion, Adults, Developing Countries, disabilities, Grey Literature, Infants, Midwifery, Neonates, disabilites

The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project

Kathy wrote 4 months ago: From the Safe Motherhood website: The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project is a national effort dev … more »

Tags: Safe Motherhood, Birth, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Abortion, Miscarriage, quilt, death

Maternal Mortality3 comments

Kathy wrote 4 months ago: First the facts: WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Estimates of maternal mortality for 2005 lists the U.S. maternal m … more »

Tags: Birth, childbirth education, Childbirth, health, Maternity, Pregnancy

TN SJR0127 Fails Again9 comments

archcrone wrote 4 months ago: The Tennessee House has some representatives with some sense left in their brains. SJR0127, which ha … more »

Tags: Reproductive Health, Feminism, State Government, Failure, Tennessee, Abortion, abstinence only, SJR0127, Sex Education

Unsafe Abortion Leads to Maternal Death1 comment

Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha wrote 4 months ago: In many parts of the world, women who have an unwanted pregnancy often find themselves caught up in … more »

Tags: Africa, sex and sexuality, Zimbabwe, Women, AIDS, HIV, Abortion, UNICEF


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