Prenatal assessment is essential for ensuring the health and wellbeing of both a woman and her future child.
Stress during pregnancy – and particularly stress caused by a war – can have adverse consequences.
Wars disrupt local services, making it harder to access essential healthcare. That worsens the situation of mothers and pregnant women.
Approximately 180 women give birth in Gaza every day. Just three of the 11 hospitals still partially functioning in Gaza provide maternal care.
I’m working in a recently established field hospital. It is situated in an area where people have limited access to clinics.
During conversations with patients, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy told me that it was her first prenatal check-up. ….more
