Dilisha Patel

Tag: maternal mortality

  • Can Father’s impact maternal and child mortality?

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    Father’s involvement to reduce maternal and child mortality An interesting article by Global Health Africa illustrated the effect that Father’s can have on reducing maternal and child mortality. The example given here was the extremely high rates in Nigeria, “the second largest contributor to the under-five and maternal mortality rate in the world.” Although evidence is…

  • Savita Halappanavar- Abortion Refusal, did this kill her?

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    Abortion Laws and its implications Savita Halappanavar tragically lost her life on 28/10/12; the cause of death was reported to be septicaemia. However the headlines reported that it was due to the refusal of an abortion.