The Mother and Child Foundation

PATRON: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Mother and Child

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Think about the Mother, the birth of Her Child and all the love and hopes. The health of the Baby is directly affected by the health of the Mother. But there are virtually no programs addressing the Mother's health. The Mother needs Good Nutrition to have a Healthy Baby. The Mother and Child Foundation is a charity working to protect the health of the mother and prevent brain damage during foetal and infant development.

Women refugees in disasters

Urgent Appeals
It is not unusual for maternal and infant mortality to rise and for opportunist abuse of the women to take place. Maternal and infant mortality rises as does the threat to the unborn child, and assaults on women.
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HIV-1 in pregnancy

Urgent Appeals

HIV-1 in pregnancy and the long term effect on the mother and child.

There are 900 women in the East-end of London, each year diagnosed with HIV, 500 of whom have the virulent virus.

Newsflash

Mental Ill Health Now The Highest Cost To Ill Health

The June issue of the European Journal of Neurology (vol12:1-27), Patrik Andin-Soboki et al, report the total cost for the 25 member states of the EU as a staggering €386 billion at 2004 costs that is €829 per head. A large part of the cause has its origins in early development. In a letter to the Lancet at the end of August, the Foundation blames the elite advisory system supposedly giving Government advice on health, nutrition and education for ignoring mental ill health and low birthweight which is the single most important determinant of mental impairment. (Crawford M et al Lancet. 2005; 366:714-5).

New Evidence on the Cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Adverse prenatal conditions predispose to Cot Death.

A study reported in the Lancet of more than a quarter of a million women in Scotland found that stunted prenatal growth and pre-term delivery were at the highest risk. And a previous cot death increased the risk, destroying the often used accusation of child abuse as the cause.

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