The Burmese consulate in Chiang Mai has issued a warning to expectant mothers to postpone any travel plans to the northern Thai city amid a spread of the Zika virus.
Tag: pregnancy
Govt addresses family planning, abortion concerns
The government is moving to extend maternal care services countrywide, in a bid to reduce risky illegal abortions and high rates of maternal fatalities.
Home deliveries in rural Burma
Due to a chronic shortage of midwives in Burma, expectant mothers are being put at risk from complications during pregnancy and birth.
Women pressured into caesarean sections
Feb 9, 2009 (DVB), Expectant mothers in Mandalay's Myingyan General Hospital have complained of being pressured into having unnecessary and expensive caesarean sections instead of natural births. Gynaecologist Khi Khin…
UN says 35,000 pregnant women need care in Burma
Jun 13, 2008 (AP)‚ Up to 35,000 pregnant cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper care in Burma, a UN expert said Wednesday, as relief agencies again raised concerns…