Month July 2025
The Importance Of Post-natal Care
Post-natal Care
Within the maternal and child health services spectrum, postnatal care is considered as one of the most critical services necessary for the prevention of complications that could ensue from child birth. It involves the systematic assessment of the woman and…
Complications During Pregnancy
In this post, we will list the common complications during pregnancy including: Gestational Diabetes: Causal factors are associated with hormonal changes experienced during pregnancy that lead to insulin resistance. Pre-eclampsia: It is hypertension that occurs during pregnancy. Its causal factors…
Ante-natal care Vs Prenatal care
In this post, we will focus on the various forms of care recommended for women before, during and after the pregnancy period.This post will describe and distinguish the different terms that define these forms of care. Pre-conception care is given…
Barriers To The Delivery of Effective Ante-natal Care
Ante-natal care is integral to the success of a pregnancy. However, not all women attend ANC visits due to various factors including: Limited awareness of ANC services-There lacks sufficient knowledge on the importance of ANC services. This hinders most women…
The Importance of Ante-natal Care
In this post, we will address the importance of ante-natal care. In the previous post, we discussed what ante-natal care is and what an ANC visit involves, but first we will have a look at the key elements of Antenatal…
Ante-natal Care
Antenatal care is the integrated care provided to pregnant women to facilitate safe…
Barriers to the delivery of preconception care
Pre-conception care is a crucial component for reproductive-aged women due to its likely contribution to successful pregnancy outcomes. Nonetheless , it rarely receives as much regard from this group especially due to a variety of reasons , namely: Accessibility challenges-Limited…