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in a man with prostate problems, the inability to father a child due to prostate infection or retrograde ejaculation.
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Nigeria: Nursing Mothers Warned Against Fake Milk
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned nursing mothers against the dangers of fake instant milk named SMA Gold now in circulation.
Niger: Conflict Disrupts Maternal Health Care
All she saw was blood. Ouma Ibrahim knew it was not normal to have so much blood after delivering her son at home. She consulted a midwife at the nearby Dagamanet Clinic near her Agadez home, who sent her to the regional hospital five kilometres away.
Nigeria: Mortality Rate - Sylva's Spouse Hails Turai
WIFE of Bayelsa State governor, Mrs. Alanyingi Sylva, has commend the wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hajia Turai Yar'Adua for calling the attention of the wives of governors to the urgent need to reduce maternal and child mortality rate as required to meet the millennium development goals.
Uganda: Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Questioned
UGANDA'S method of preventing HIV transmission from mother-to-child is not effective, AIDS activists have said.
Kenya: Catholic Group Opposes Proposed Pro-Abortion Law
A Catholic lobby group has expressed stiff opposition to plans to legalize abortion on demand in Kenya.
Nigeria: Commissioners Laud NGO's Fight Against Maternal Mortality
In its multi-dimensional fight against maternal mortality in Kaduna State, the commissioners for Health, Economic Planning and Finance have both pledged to collaborate with the Development Research Project Centre (DRPC), in the campaign against the problem in the state and in the North-West zone.
Nigeria: Govt Earmarks N1.7Billion for Maternal Child Health Care
Niger State government has earmarked N1.7 billion for the provision of healthcare services for women and children in the state.
Nigeria: Malnutrition, Major Cause of Child Mortality - Commissioner
Oyo state commissioner for Health, Dr. Isaac Babalola has identified malnutrition as a major cause of child mortality in Nigeria, accounting for over 60 per cent of deaths of children under the ages od five while Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) contributes 25.1 per cent.
Nigeria: Expert Makes Case for Free Ante-Natal Care
Gombe Specialist Hospital Medical Director, Dr. James Madi, has renewed the call on women in the state to take advantage of the free ante-natal care provided by government in order to avoid complications.
Rwanda: Political Will Essential for Success of Family Planning
In the 1994 genocide, people often lost nearly their entire family. Others might have seen their children die due to awful conditions in refugee camps. How do you
Namibia: Clubs Prevent Teen Pregnancies
The introduction of girls' empowerment clubs at schools has empowered girls not only to excel academically but also prevent teenage pregnancies.
Nigeria: 25 Women, 90 Babies Die in Childbirth
NO fewer than 25 women and 90 babies out of 1003 women that put to bed in Bayelsa State have so far lost their lives in the predominantly riverine state due to delivery related complications.
Kenya: Proposed Abortion Law Criticised By Don
The proposed abortion law will deprive parents of their right, obligation and duty in their children's development, a university don said on Saturday.
A New Hope for HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers
After years of using a single dose of nevirapine to prevent HIV+ mothers from passing on the virus to their babies during delivery, scientific evidence is showing that is not good enough. "The country has been implementing PMTCT since 2000 but the regiments that we are using in Uganda don't reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) markedly," said Dr. Justine Nankinga, the national Anti-Reviral Therapy coordinator in the ministry of health.
Kenya: Pro-Abortion Law Opposed
Health experts and religious leaders have rejected a proposed abortion law that will make it easier to terminate pregnancy.
Nigeria: Govt Earmarks N6 Billion for Free Medicare
The Federal Government has set aside N6 billion to facilitate free medical care for children and pregnant women in six states, Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Dogo Muhammad, said in Minna, Niger State yesteday.
Botswana: Aids Ravages Quarter of Country's Labour Potential
HIV/AIDS is the foremost cause of maternal, newborn and child death in southern Africa whilst in Botswana, one in four people in the 15 to 49 years age bracket is HIV/AIDS infected, the 2008 State of The World's Children Report says.
Angola: Maternity Attends Over 3,000 Pregnant Women
The infant-maternal centre of the maternity of eastern Moxico province attended about 3,680 pregnant women in the first half of this year, ANGOP learnt on Thursday from the head of nursing, Henda Doroteia.
Uganda: HIV - 20,000 Kids Infected By Moms
THE reduction of new HIV infections among children should start with the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission said yesterday.
Nigeria: Centre Records Over 500 VVF Cases Annually
No fewer than 500 women suffering from vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) received free medical treatment every year at the Zamfara VVF Centre.
Ghana: Abortion - High Number of Adolescents Undergoing Unsafe Procedures
4.5 million adolescent women worldwide undergo unsafe abortion each year, causing danger to their reproductive health, a research by Pathfinder International (PI), an international Non-Governmental Organisation, has revealed.
Africa: Protecting Mothers
DESPITE SLEEPING UNDER insecticide treated nets, pregnant women still face serious threat from malaria, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine, a medical journal.
Uganda: Shameful Neglect
TINA AKULLO IS A PROUD 20-year old woman, but she has an embarassing problem -- she cannot control her bladder and urine drips out uncontrollably.
Nigeria: Lawmakers, NGO Collaborate On Maternal Welfare
Abia State House of Assembly has entered into collaboration with the Child Rights Network (CHRIN), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), with bias for children, for the purpose of enacting a law to extend maternity leave from three to six months.
Nigeria: UNFPA Vows to Tackle Maternal, Child Mortality Maternal, Child Mortality
The United Nations Population Fund, (UNFPA) has stated that it is determined to assist Nigeria in realising the Millennium Development Goals, especially in the area of reducing incidences of maternal and child mortality, insisting that there was no justification for women to lose their lives during child birth.
Uganda: Women MPs Take Health Drive to Barracks
Women parliamentarians have embarked on a health and maternity sensitisation drive targeting wives of soldiers. Under their umbrella group, the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association, the MPs launched the exercise at the First Division headquarters in Kakiri, Wakiso District, with a call to the combatants' wives to practise family planning, avoid contracting HIV and conserve the environment.
Liberia: Youth Executive Wants Sex Education in Schools
The Program Officer of the Better Life Youth Organization, Jefferson J. A. Telar has called for the inclusion of sex education in the Ministry of Education curriculum.
Rwanda: More Rural Women Look to the Birth-Control Pill
Marthe could not give her second name because of the stigma associated with using contraceptives. Inside the room where she is waiting for the health worker to attend to her, she glances at the door from time to time, monitoring every entry, RNA reports.
Sierra Leone: Hastings Community Health Centre Needs Help
The Hastings Community Health Centre is the major medical service provider for the community of Hastings, but it struggles to meet the requirements of the people it has been created to serve.
Rwanda: The Case for Legalizing Abortion
The Rwanda constitution states that every person has the right to live. It goes ahead to say that life begins at conception and that abortion will not be permitted unless it is for medical reasons.
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Essential Pregnancy Nutrition Facts For Perfectly Natural Pregnancy Nutrition
By Cliff Smith
Proper nutrition during pregnancy requires a very safe, balanced diet filled with a variety of natural, whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables. According to many doctors and nutritionists, a good rule of thumb for proper pregnancy nutrition is sticking to a diet of whole food, high in fiber and low in fat while gaining only about 22-30 pounds over ideal body weight during the total pregnancy.
The added stress of pregnancy can create an increased demand for vitamins in the mother's body. When the body is in stress mode, more adrenal hormones are produced, which speeds up metabolism. This can cause a rapid depletion in nutrients stored in the mother's body, thus robbing the mother and the fetus of valuable vitamins and minerals.
Some of the most valuable elements of perfect pregnancy nutrition include:
* calcium
* protein
* phosphorus
* potassium
* folic acid (folate) Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that is found in supplements
* Vitamins A, D, C, E and the entire B complex.
It is a nutrition fact that Calcium is an important mineral for everyone, especially children, adolescents, nursing mothers and expectant mothers who need perfect pregnancy nutrition. It's not easy to consume enough calcium every day without a health food vitamin or calcium supplement of some kind. It is especially challenging to get enough calcium from whole foods, like fruits and vegetables.
Some of the more familiar sources of calcium in natural foods are
* Broccoli
* Yogurt
* Cheese
* Milk
* Beans
Dandelion is a natural source of calcium from whole food and alfalfa has a high level of calcium with natural enzymes and chlorophyll, but these are a little harder to include in a daily diet for proper pregnancy nutrition. However, you can find a concentrated whole food calcium supplement that includes dandelion and alfalfa along with other whole food calcium sources.
If you are inclined to take a calcium supplement, not only is it important for perfect pregnancy nutrition that the calcium originates from whole food sources, it is equally important that Vitamin D2 is present. Vitamin D2 is crucial to aid the body in absorbing calcium. Vitamin D2 is a necessary component to work with the calcium for improved bone strength and density. In one particular natural whole food calcium supplement, 3 types of calcium are included with different absorption characteristics, and Vitamin D2 is present to enhance the absorption of calcium.
Folate, also called Folic Acid and Vitamin B9 is another essential nutrient for perfect pregnancy nutrition. Folic acid is a B vitamin that helps the body create healthy new cells. That is why folate is very important for pregnancy nutrition
as hopeful mothers create new life. Moms who include sufficient folic acid in their diets are taking positive steps toward preventing birth defects, especially of the baby's brain or spine.
Everyone has heard the stories about pregnant women who can't control their mood swings. Plenty of medical research points to a deficiency of folic acid for fostering depression and other psychiatric disorders. In the book, "Food, Your Miracle Medicine" (Copyright 1993), Jean Carper states, "That folic acid can act as an antidepressant is no secret among scientists". The book goes on to point out that McGill University's Dr. Young found "accumulating evidence that folic acid deficiency can contribute to depressed mood", and that eliminating the deficiency often cures the depression.
For proper pregnancy nutrition, a woman needs about 800 mcg of folic acid daily. Nursing mothers can back that down to about 500 mcg. This level may not be easy for some to reach, as it requires up to six servings of foods such as spinach, beans or asparagus, every day. If a pregnant woman is not getting enough folate from whole foods, then a health food vitamin should be investigated.
Foods with folic acid in them include:
* Leafy, green vegetables
* Fruits
* Beans
* Peas
* Nuts
Some enriched breads, cereals and other grain products also contain folic acid. Again, it is important to be sure that the folate is attached to a natural whole food complex of B vitamins. You can find very effective whole foods, health drink concentrates and other pregnancy nutrition on the Internet that you will not find in retail stores. Just be sure to search for a natural, whole food, health food vitamin.
When searching for the best pregnancy nutrition, be aware that it is better to consume vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that are attached to whole foods, not isolated. Whole food nutrients are much easier for the body to absorb, whereas isolated vitamins and minerals are often flushed out before the body can break them down to use for fuel. By: Cliff Smith Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Cliff Smith is the owner of an online health food store that offers products for perfect pregnancy nutrition. His store features a natural health food vitamin and a whole food calcium supplement for perfect pregnancy nutrition.
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