Obstetrics & gynaecology

So your birth didn't go according to plan? Don't blame yourself

While childbirth is often a joyful event, it rarely unfolds exactly how we think it will. This causes disappointment or distress among some women, and leaves a small proportion with a diagnosis of postnatal post-traumatic ...

Health

How about a vasectomy? Uganda wants more men to say yes

When Martin Owor, a father of six, told his wife he was considering having a vasectomy, she told him it was out of the question. How would they live as husband and wife after his surgical sterilization?

Health

Bangladesh frets about population boom in Rohingya camps

Bangladesh has launched a birth control drive in its overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps, an official said Tuesday, fearing a population boom would worsen the humanitarian crisis unfolding along its border.

Health

Dutch fund for women's sexual health tops $300 million

The Dutch government says a campaign to raise funds for access to birth control, abortion and women's sexual health programs in developing nations has so far raised more than 260 million euros ($305 million).

Health

Some state lawmakers seek to protect birth-control access

Even with the Republican failure to repeal Barack Obama's health care law, Democratic lawmakers in some states are pressing ahead with efforts to protect birth control access, Planned Parenthood funding and abortion coverage ...

Health

Seeking halal contraception in Kenya's Muslim northeast

Swaddled in colourful hijabs the women exchange puzzled looks and suppress embarrassed giggles. "You're sure it's halal?" asks one, peering at a collection of birth control pills, condoms and IUDs.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Zika money 'essentially all spent': US doctors

Money to fight the spread of Zika virus in the United States is "essentially all spent," top US doctors said Tuesday, urging Congress to come to agreement on new funding measures.

Health

Abortion rate steady in poor nations, plunging in rich ones

The rate of abortions in the developed world has dropped to an all-time low while remaining steady in poorer regions, where nearly 90 percent of the abortions worldwide occur, researchers say in a new study published Wednesday ...

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