Three in five younger women (61%) would be happy to split their maternity leave with their partner if the option was available, according to a new nationwide survey of 1000 women commissioned by QUINN-healthcare. 49% of mothers over 35 years would also like this opportunity...
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More Than Half Of Irish Women Would Split Their Maternity Leave With Their Partner If They Could, According To New Research
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AU Leaders Summit Kicks Off, Focus On Maternal And Child Health
Heads of state from the African Union (AU) started a three-day meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday as part of the 15th AU Summit, People's Daily Online reports. Leaders will focus on maternal and child health and will discuss several other issues, including agricultural development, food security, infrastructure development and economic integration (7/26)...
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11 Million African Lives Could Be Saved By Just A Small Investment
In the next five years, 11 million African women and children could be saved by creating near-universal availability of key life-saving interventions, according to The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010)...
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AU Summit Panel Focuses On Water, Sanitation To Meet MDG Targets In Africa
African countries should focus on preventing diarrhea - the biggest killer of children in Africa - in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal targets, Yunia Musaazi, WaterAid's East Africa policy advisor, told delegates at the 15th African Union (AU) Summit, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports. "Everyday, 2,000 African children die from diarrhea...
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Radiotherapy During Childhood Increases Risk Of Stillbirths And Baby Death For Offspring Later On
The risk of stillbirth or neonatal death among the offspring of women who had survived childhood cancer and had received radiation therapy (radiotherapy) when they were children, is higher compared to other women, says a report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancer...
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