N.B. Please note that if you are outside North America the embargo for Lancet press material is 0001 hours UK time Friday 12th October 2001. One of the most challenging emergencies for obstetricians ...
Theoretical biologist Philipp Mitteröcker is intrigued by the puzzle of dangerous human childbirth. Unlike other species, human babies are often too big for the birth canal, leading to dangerous—and ...
Obstetric fistula, often referred to as a ‘childbirth injury,’ is an abnormal hole between the birth canal and the bladder or ...
The economic argument for closing that gap is real: untreated fistula costs the global economy an estimated $691 million ...
Every year just over 500 000 women die from complications in pregnancy and childbirth across the world. Another 20 million experience severe complications. But many of these complications are entirely ...
Sasha is 22-years-old. She was married off when she was just nine and by the time she was 11, she was pregnant with her first child, and unprepared for childbirth. So when labour came, in the middle ...