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The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Jaf Momoh says the hospital has delivered over 1,000 babies through the In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) since it began 14 years ago. IVF is a method of assisted reproduction in which a man’s sperm and a woman’s eggs are combined outside of the body in a
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With an estimated 6.4 million babies to be born in Nigeria during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many expectant women who should be glad at the figure have rather become apprehensive.
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When Wang Rong gave birth to her second son, she reminded her husband of a promise he made even before their wedding: to let her pass on her family name. “My dad had two girls and I didn’t want our family line to end with us,” the mother from Shanghai told AFP. “I didn’t want
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By Rasheed Sobowale Anybody can be infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. But then, what happens to pregnant women infected with the virus, Can they transmit it to their neonate? A research conducted by Chinese scientists discovered that pregnant women can infect their babies with the virus. The researchers examined 33 babies born to
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Eight babies and toddlers at a Tokyo care centre have tested positive for the coronavirus after a staff member contracted the disease, its operator said on Wednesday. Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, which operates the facility, said the affected children had been hospitalised, while another 21 tested negative and were under observation. The facility is for
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By Sola Ogundipe Pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus may be able to pass it to their unborn children, doctors at the Wuhan Children Hospital said on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The doctors said it was possible after an infected coronavirus patient gave birth to a baby on Feb. 2. The newborn
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says an estimated 26,039 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year’s Day. UNICEF’s Nigeria Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, said on Wednesday in a statement Nigerian babies would account for almost seven per cent of the estimated 392,078 babies to be born on New Year’s Day globally. Hawkins
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A medical expert, Dr Gbemisola Boyede, Consultant Paediatrician and Founder of “Ask The Paediatricians Foundation”, an NGO, stressed the need for early and quality antenatal care to reduce complications affecting preterm babies.
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday in Abuja decried the high rate at which new born babies are being abandoned across the nooks and crannies of the territory.
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Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Jafaru Momoh, yesterday, disclosed that the hospital has delivered 818 babies through the In-Vitro Fertilisation, IVF, between 1999 and 2019.
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