Japan pledged Monday 1.3 million dollars (948,000 euros) for the UN's children's agency to improve health conditions for mothers and children in Guinea, the Japanese embassy said.
The funds handed to UNICEF will be used to buy thousands of birthing kits for mothers and respiratory masks and medicines for new-born babies, the embassy announced in Conakry.
AIDS and Pregnancy - Treatment - Caring HIV Babies
The Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is brought about by the deadly human immunodeficiency virus. In the USA alone an estimate of 120,000 - 160,000 women are HIV- infected.
The Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is brought about by the deadly human immunodeficiency virus. In the USA alone an estimate of 120,000 - 160,000 women are HIV- infected.
Around 17,000 new-born babies die each year in Guinea as a result of birth complications.
A further 62,000 do not make it to their fifth birthday due to acute diarrhoea, malaria or respiratory infections.
SRM
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Fetal monitoring records the condition of the fetus and contractions of the uterus during the labour
Fetal monitoring records the condition of the fetus and contractions of the uterus during the labour
