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2016 Olympic Gold Medallist Tori Bowie Died Due To Childbirth Complications, Autopsy Finds
Ms Bowie was found dead at her home after the sheriff's office reported going there "for a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from for several days."
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A Woman Dies Every 2 Minutes During Pregnancy Or Childbirth: UN
This means nearly 800 women died per day in 2020 -- or around one every two minutes.
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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo Opens Up On 'Most Difficult Time Of His Life', Death Of His Baby Son
Ronaldo's partner Georgina Rodriguez was to give birth to twins - a boy and a girl - but the boy died during childbirth while the girl survived. The tragic incident happened in April this year.
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Kolkata Hospital Slapped Rs 10 Lakh Fine For 2 Deaths During Childbirth
A regulatory body in West Bengal has slapped Rs 10 Lakh fine on a private hospital over the death of two woman patients last year, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Mother Or Baby Die In Child Birth Every 11 Seconds: UN
Global child and maternal deaths have fallen sharply in recent decades, but new UN statistics released Thursday show unequal progress, with more than five childbirths a minute ending in tragedy.
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Beyonce Survived Potentially Fatal Childbirth - A Problem For Black Mothers
Black women are three to four times more likely to be at risk of pregnancy-related deaths compared to white women, according to the CDC.
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Promise Of Safe Childbirth Remains Unfulfilled In Bihar
In the last decade, the government of Bihar has made significant improvements in its healthcare sector, especially in preventing deaths of women and their newborns during and after delivery. However, certain challenges remain. Safe childbirth is still far from reality in the state's Champaran district.
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To Curb Maternal, Newborn Deaths, India Joins The UN Network
United Nations: India is among nine countries that will be part of a global health network focused on improving the quality of care for new mothers and babies and strengthen national efforts to end preventable deaths of pregnant women and newborns by 2030. The nine countries are India, Bangladesh, A Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria...
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Woman Dies After Giving Birth to Quadruplets
Nicole Todman, a family friend, says 36-year-old Erica Morales did not get to see her newborns before she passed away early Friday morning at Banner Good Samaritan hospital in Phoenix.
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Inquest Into Death of Indian-Born Woman Begins
The inquest into the death of an India-born woman in Ireland after childbirth has begun, media reported on Tuesday.
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Prateik Babbar on mother Smita Patil: Got to be her sunshine kid
On the eve of the 27th death anniversary of his late mother, actress Smita Patil who died due to childbirth complications, her son Prateik Babbar reminisced about his "angel" and hoped to become her "sunshine kid".
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India has the highest number of stillbirths, says report
After the explosive report on Delhi's water being contaminated with the super bug, British medical journal 'The Lancet' has again highlighted India, this time in a survey on stillbirths. The report says India has the highest number of stillbirths in the world. In 2009, more than six lakh children were born dead in India. In fact, the study says Ind...
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Another childbirth death at Jodhpur hospital, death toll rises to 18
The death count in Jodhpur hospital continues to rise. One more woman died today after being administered allegedly with contaminated intravenous fluid.The woman, Sagar Kanwar, was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past three weeks. She leaves behind a three-week-old baby.With the latest incident, the death toll in the city has now risen to ...
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India doing well in reducing maternal mortality: UNICEF
The Unicef on Monday lauded India's effort in reducing maternal deaths."India ranks 25th among the countries in terms of percentage decline in maternal mortality rates, reducing it by 59 per cent since 1990. There is no dispute that India has done well in reducing maternal mortality," Unicef Chief of Communication in India Angela Walker told report...
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Action needed to cut maternal deaths
A global effort to reduce deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is likely to fail unless action is taken to improve health care
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2016 Olympic Gold Medallist Tori Bowie Died Due To Childbirth Complications, Autopsy Finds
Ms Bowie was found dead at her home after the sheriff's office reported going there "for a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from for several days."
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A Woman Dies Every 2 Minutes During Pregnancy Or Childbirth: UN
This means nearly 800 women died per day in 2020 -- or around one every two minutes.
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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo Opens Up On 'Most Difficult Time Of His Life', Death Of His Baby Son
Ronaldo's partner Georgina Rodriguez was to give birth to twins - a boy and a girl - but the boy died during childbirth while the girl survived. The tragic incident happened in April this year.
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Kolkata Hospital Slapped Rs 10 Lakh Fine For 2 Deaths During Childbirth
A regulatory body in West Bengal has slapped Rs 10 Lakh fine on a private hospital over the death of two woman patients last year, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Mother Or Baby Die In Child Birth Every 11 Seconds: UN
Global child and maternal deaths have fallen sharply in recent decades, but new UN statistics released Thursday show unequal progress, with more than five childbirths a minute ending in tragedy.
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Beyonce Survived Potentially Fatal Childbirth - A Problem For Black Mothers
Black women are three to four times more likely to be at risk of pregnancy-related deaths compared to white women, according to the CDC.
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Promise Of Safe Childbirth Remains Unfulfilled In Bihar
In the last decade, the government of Bihar has made significant improvements in its healthcare sector, especially in preventing deaths of women and their newborns during and after delivery. However, certain challenges remain. Safe childbirth is still far from reality in the state's Champaran district.
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To Curb Maternal, Newborn Deaths, India Joins The UN Network
United Nations: India is among nine countries that will be part of a global health network focused on improving the quality of care for new mothers and babies and strengthen national efforts to end preventable deaths of pregnant women and newborns by 2030. The nine countries are India, Bangladesh, A Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria...
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Woman Dies After Giving Birth to Quadruplets
Nicole Todman, a family friend, says 36-year-old Erica Morales did not get to see her newborns before she passed away early Friday morning at Banner Good Samaritan hospital in Phoenix.
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Inquest Into Death of Indian-Born Woman Begins
The inquest into the death of an India-born woman in Ireland after childbirth has begun, media reported on Tuesday.
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Prateik Babbar on mother Smita Patil: Got to be her sunshine kid
On the eve of the 27th death anniversary of his late mother, actress Smita Patil who died due to childbirth complications, her son Prateik Babbar reminisced about his "angel" and hoped to become her "sunshine kid".
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India has the highest number of stillbirths, says report
After the explosive report on Delhi's water being contaminated with the super bug, British medical journal 'The Lancet' has again highlighted India, this time in a survey on stillbirths. The report says India has the highest number of stillbirths in the world. In 2009, more than six lakh children were born dead in India. In fact, the study says Ind...
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Another childbirth death at Jodhpur hospital, death toll rises to 18
The death count in Jodhpur hospital continues to rise. One more woman died today after being administered allegedly with contaminated intravenous fluid.The woman, Sagar Kanwar, was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past three weeks. She leaves behind a three-week-old baby.With the latest incident, the death toll in the city has now risen to ...
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India doing well in reducing maternal mortality: UNICEF
The Unicef on Monday lauded India's effort in reducing maternal deaths."India ranks 25th among the countries in terms of percentage decline in maternal mortality rates, reducing it by 59 per cent since 1990. There is no dispute that India has done well in reducing maternal mortality," Unicef Chief of Communication in India Angela Walker told report...
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Action needed to cut maternal deaths
A global effort to reduce deaths during pregnancy and childbirth is likely to fail unless action is taken to improve health care
