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Eh Poh, a midwife who advises women on ante-natal health, says the clinic's role goes beyond delivering babies, to teaching women basic health care.
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Women with a possible miscarriage should never have to wait in an ante-natal environment and, once a miscarriage has been confirmed, there must be communication between professionals to prevent the upset caused by being chased for further appointments or nuchal scans.
Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage 2011
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Last year, almost all women went for at least one ante-natal check-up and 63% of deliveries were attended by a skilled health worker.
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I remember when a midwife asked a group of about 10 mothers taking part in a post-natal course (probably even more useful than the ante-natal one I attended) for how long we intended to nurse our babies.
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The nurses proudly tell us that virtually all of the women who receive counseling (the first step in their ante-natal care) agree to take an HIV test.
Willow Bay: Visiting Africa: Putting a Human Face on Foreign Aid 2008
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The 'Alex' clinic offers free primary health care along with HIV/AIDS counseling, testing, prevention and treatment to all women coming in for ante-natal care.
Willow Bay: Visiting Africa: Putting a Human Face on Foreign Aid 2008
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Dr Viswanathan Mohan, Director, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu said that "there is an urgent need to establish diagnostic centres for diabetes at every ante-natal clinic (ANC) especially in rural areas to detect and reduce the burden of diabetes at an early stage in children and adolescents".
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And it is also aided by the old Egyptian (and Platonic) belief in pre-existence and by the Rabbinic and Buddhistic doctrine of ante-natal sin, to say nothing of metempsychosis.
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The decrease was based on the national health department's 2006 ante-natal survey, which suggested the epidemic was about to show a downward trend in the general population.
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At its Perinatal HIV Research unit, nearly twenty thousand women a year use its ante-natal care and delivery services.
Willow Bay: Visiting Africa: Putting a Human Face on Foreign Aid 2008
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