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Pregnant women need support, not criticism - Midwifery Officer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (314+ words) The Principal Midwifery Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Felicia Martey Dodoo, has raised concerns over the growing stigma surrounding mental health challenges among pregnant women, stressing that many women suffer in silence because society expects them to "just…...
Study links clay consumption during pregnancy to reduced fetal head circumference
3+ week, 6+ day ago (338+ words) By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave A study by a senior lecturer at York St John University in the United Kingdom and his team has found that pregnant women who consumed clay had babies with smaller head circumferences on ultrasound scans compared…...
Hypertension in pregnancy can be silent but deadly - Midwife warns
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (510+ words) By: Jennifer Nerkie Kenney The Principal Midwifery Officer at Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Felicia Martey Dodoo, has warned that hypertension during pregnancy remains a major but often overlooked health risk, urging expectant mothers to monitor their blood pressure closely before…...