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Discussions on maternal health at WindowsForum.com cover critical challenges faced by pregnant women and newborns during infectious disease outbreaks. Topics include a newborn in London becoming the youngest coronavirus victim, with the mother treated separately, and the impact of Ebola on maternal care in Liberia and Sierra Leone, where midwives struggle to provide safe deliveries and pregnancy rates spike amid abuse. These threads highlight the vulnerabilities of maternal health in crisis settings, emphasizing the need for continued access to prenatal and delivery services even during epidemics.
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    NEWS Newborn baby in London becomes youngest coronavirus victim in the world as his mother is treated in a separate hospital

    A newborn baby in England has become the world's youngest victim to test positive for coronavirus. The child's mother was rushed to hospital days ago with suspected pneumonia but her positive result was only known after the birth. The pair are being treated at separate hospitals with the...
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    NEWS Dangerous Deliveries: Ebola Leaves Moms And Babies Without Care

    For more than two decades, Lucy Barh has been helping women deliver babies. Even during Liberia's violent civil war, when other midwives left, Barh stuck around. But none of this prepared her for a patient she saw a few months ago. "I was on duty that day when the patient came in," says Barh, at...
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    VIDEO Spike in pregnancies and abuse in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

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    • ebola outbreak gender based violence maternal health sierra leone
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