The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to mandate public healthcare institutions to provide free medical treatment for pregnant women during and after delivery. The call was sequel to the adoption of a…
By Matthew Denis A popular humanitarian and apolitical Non Governmental Organization (NGO), called Zaks Foundation for Humanity (ZFH) has carried out free medical tests and antenatal care to pregnant women numbering about 86 in Kwali Local Council in the Federal…
A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, has said that pregnant women can avoid constipation in pregnancy by consuming a lot of fruits and vegetables. Prof. Fabamwo who is the…
A Benin-based gyneacologist, Dr Iwinosa Ehigiator, has advised pregnant women to go for regular checkups, especially when they have fever, in order to avoid their newborns developing jaundice. Ehigiator said this in on Monday. He defined infant jaundice “as a…
