Postpartum And Post-pregnancy Care
Postpartum depression to strained ties: Why maternal mental health matters
Experts advocate for a relationship-centred approach to health care: training teams in attachment theory, creating accessible post-natal spaces and providing key figures to support families
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New health guidelines aim to end deaths from bleeding after childbirth
The WHO, FIGO and ICM have released new global guidelines to detect and treat postpartum haemorrhage faster, offering hope to save thousands of mothers each year
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6 weeks post pregnancy very less for requisite fitness in CAPFs: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has opined that the six weeks' time given to women candidates, who are pregnant at the time of a medical examination for appointment in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), to achieve the requisite fitness is "extremely short" and asked authorities to examine the provision for granting reasonable time. The high court said it may not be possible for a woman candidate, who has undergone pregnancy, to regain her complete medical fitness and lose within six weeks the weight gained during the nine months of her pregnancy. The court was informed that according to paragraph 5.3 of the Guidelines of Recruitment Medical Examination in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles, if a urine test for pregnancy is positive, the candidate will be declared unfit temporarily and will be re-examined six weeks after the pregnancy, subject to the production of a medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner. "This period of six weeks envisaged under th
 "6 weeks post pregnancy very less for requisite fitness in CAPFs: Delhi HC")
Postpartum and Post-pregnancy Care
Postpartum and post-pregnancy care is of immense importance for health of both the mother and child.
