Tag Archives: Infant
A maid who abandoned her newborn in a deserted house in the UAE has been jailed for a year. Dibba Criminal Court handed down the sentence to the Ethiopian woman after finding her guilty of an illegal affair and endangering … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Children, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Kuwait City, Maid, Shopping, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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An Ethiopian maid, who allegedly asphyxiated her newborn by locking her in a bag, was charged with murder in the Court of First Instance on Monday. According to court records, she had become pregnant following an illicit relation with a … read more »
September 26, 2011 by benim
Childhood obesity starts in the womb, with overweight mothers giving birth to fat babies. New scanning techniques have allowed British scientists to examine fat levels in newborn babies. They found some had built up fat around their abdomen in the … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Lifestyle
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Tagged Abdomen, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, heart disease, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Infant, Magnetic resonance imaging, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Obesity, overweight, Pan African News, Pregnancy, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Sao Paulo – Brazilian police say a newborn girl was saved from being buried alive when she started crying at a funeral home where she had been taken after doctors declared her dead. A police statement says that the 14-year-old … read more »
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As soon as a baby is born, there are three crucial pieces of information that family and friends demand to know — the sex, name … and weight. Which is why, when baby Hayden Church arrived six weeks ago, his … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Lifestyle, Parenting
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LAGOS, Nigeria – An authority says dozens of pregnant teens arrested during a raid last month on a Nigerian clinic accused of illegally selling babies are victims of human trafficking. Arinze Orakwe, a spokesman for the National Agency for Prohibition … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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A black couple told yesterday of their shock and mystification when their son was born with white skin and blond hair. Francis Tshibangu admitted: ‘My first thought was “Wow, is he really mine?”.’ He and his wife Arlette already … read more »
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Pregnant women with BMI of 35 or more twice as likely to lose child Mothers from ethnic minorities more likely to have stillbirths or neonatal death A link has been found between Body Mass Index and stillbirths and neonatal mortality … read more »
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Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, scientists suggested yesterday. Just four weeks on their mothers’ milk can have a ‘significant’ effect on a child’s development in primary and secondary school, research has found. Those who have … read more »
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February 19, 2011 by benim
The body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, police have confirmed. According to reports, a 17-year-old gave birth to the baby Wednesday. No word whether … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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February 2, 2011 by benim
A pregnant mother has started breastfeeding her Staffordshire bull terrier puppy. Kura Tumanako, of Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, told tntmagazine.com that her baby daughter had stopped taking her milk as her nipples were too large for the baby. “I … read more »
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Tagged babies, Breastfeed, career, celebrity, family, fashion, Home, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Love, Mother, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Parenting, Rape, reltionship, Romance, sex, Today's women, women abuse, Women Issues, women to women
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February 2, 2011 by benim
Police in Tanzania are investigating the discovery of a mass grave in Dar es Salaam containing the bodies of 10 newborn babies. Residents of Tanzania’s main city found them in a shallow pit about 100m from Mwananyamala Hospital on Monday. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, News, Tanzania
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January 20, 2011 by benim
Overcrowding and lack of resources were contributing factors to the death of six babies at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg last year, according to a report released on Thursday. “This tragedy has occurred against a background of a neonatal … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Gauteng, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Johannesburg, Medicine, News local news, newspapers, Sepsis, South Africa, World news
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January 14, 2011 by benim
Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months is not necessarily best for a baby’s health, British researchers said Friday, calling into question advice given to new mothers. The team led by a paediatrician from University College London said babies fed … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Lifestyle, Parenting, Women
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January 13, 2011 by benim
New data shows that as the death toll in Nigeria is falling, the percentage of deaths that happen in the first month of life is increasing. Newborn deaths now make up 28% of all deaths under five years compared to … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, News, Nigeria, West Africa, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Childbirth, childhood, deaths toll, Demography, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, health-news, human development, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, infant mortality, Lagos, Maternal health, Medicine, Mickey Chopra, newborns deaths, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Obstetrics, Population, Public Health, Susan Grant, World news
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December 31, 2010 by benim
Prior to giving birth to our second son, my husband and I had a serious conversation about him being the gatekeeper for visitors at the hospital. I was inspired by how my sister initiated breastfeeding right away after delivery, and … read more »
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Anatomy, babies, Bible, breaking news, Breast, Breastfeed, breastfeeding, Canada, Catharine Monet, childhood, family, Father, Home, Hospital, human development, Human Interest, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Lactation, lifestyle-news, News local news, newspapers, toronto, World news
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December 28, 2010 by benim
Higher levels of stress hormones, weaker muscle tone noted, but significance is unclear Babies born to mothers who are depressed during pregnancy have higher levels of stress hormones, decreased muscle tone and other neurological and behavioral differences, a new study … read more »
Posted in Health
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December 20, 2010 by benim
Breastfeeding may help children achieve higher scores at schools, particularly boys, research has shown. Photo: CORBIS Researchers found that children who were predominantly breastfed for six months did better in mathematics, reading, writing and spelling. The effect was strongest in boys. … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, breast milk, Breastfeed, breastfeeding, Canada, Cathy Warwick, Child Development, childhood, family, Health, Health Medical Pharma, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Infant feeding, mathematics, News local news, Parenting, spelling, toronto, University of Western Australia, womens rights, World news
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November 16, 2010 by benim
More black women are choosing to reap the benefits of nursing. World Breastfeeding Week is Aug. 1-7, and more hospitals are reaching out to new mothers to boost breastfeeding and their babies’ health. Second in a series on maternal black … read more »
Posted in Health, Parenting, Women
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Tagged Australian Breastfeeding Association, Barber, black women, Boston Medical Center, breast milk, breastfeeding, Canada, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood, Childs Right to Nurse Act, family, Harlem Hospital Center, Health Medical Pharma, health-news, human development, IndepthAfrica, Infancy, Infant, Parenting, Social Issues, toronto, United States, womens rights, World Health Organization
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November 11, 2010 by benim
In Tanzania’s predictable national election, one surprising thing happened: a 50-year-old father of three from a sleepy southern seaside town was elected to the country’s parliament. What made Salum Khalfani Bar’wani stand out is that he is an albino. Bar’wani … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Election, News, Tanzania
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Tagged Africa news, Dar es Salaam, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, Infant, Newborn, political-news, Public inquiry, Stafford, Tanzania
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November 2, 2010 by benim
MADRID — A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday. The baby was born last week in the city … read more »
October 30, 2010 by benim
My biggest fear in the weeks leading up to the birth of my first child wasn’t missing movies, or fifty hours of labor, or tearing horribly (that was my second biggest). All I kept thinking about, with the kind of … read more »
October 30, 2010 by benim
Once upon a time, moms were told — and they believed — having a baby meant losing brain cells in the delivery room. Well, cast aside conventional thinking that suggests “mommy brain” means mindless behavior. New scientific research says all … read more »
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Tagged Addiction, American Psychological Association, babies, Behavioral Neuroscience, Brain, Home, Infancy, Infant, Love, Love & Family, mommy brain, Mother, mothers, National Institute of Mental Health, neuroscience, new mothers, Parenting, Prefrontal cortex
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