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Yahoo News: How to Protect Lactating Mothers and Newborns Who Cannot Access Covid-19 Vaccine
According to the Health Ministry’s directives, pregnant and lactating women are not going to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the moment. The same directive also exempts newborns from vaccination. Therefore, it is an incredibly stressful time for any household welcoming a new child, with no extra help from extended families, and no vaccine in sight…
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Borgen Magazine: Combatting COVID-19 Challenges for Women and Children in Africa
DENVER, Colorado — In 2019, over 80% of the mortality rate of pregnant women and children younger than 5 were centralized in sub-Saharan Africa. The inadequacies in the African health systems could lead to a 50% increase in deaths among pregnant women and young children by 2030. COVID-19 in Africa has further set back the progress achieved for…
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Walgreens News: Vitamins Today for a Healthy Tomorrow
Jessica is the proud mother of a healthy boy named Jackson. He’s tall for his age – in the 90th percentile for “pretty much everything” – and he’s hit almost all of his early growth milestones so far with flying colors. Getting Jackson to this point took a major commitment to her own health and the…