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The Alliance for Mental Health and Development is to publish a Maternal Mental Health Advocacy Action Plan developed with the support of UK aid as part of a Maternal Mental Health Project.
The advocacy action plan aims at ensuring that poor and vulnerable women, including pregnant women, mothers, and their babies in Ghana have improved mental health and livelihoods.
This was in a statement signed by Mr Peter Badimak Yaro, Executive Director, BasicNeeds-Ghana and National Convenor – Alliance for Mental Health and Development, copied the Ghana News Agency, to mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day, which falls on 5th May 2021.
The event is meant to raise awareness, influence policy, and change attitudes towards maternal mental health issues.
Claire Young and her baby daughter Willow Young who was born in 2020
- Credit: Claire Young
Mums-to-be and new mums have been feeling the pressure during the global Covid pandemic, with many admitting they have felt isolated and alone on their new journey.
At the start of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, mums from Suffolk have spoken about coping with the baby blues to more serious conditions including postnatal depression and postnatal anxiety.
These challenges have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with many mums-to-be also struggling with their mental health before the birth of their child.
Claire Young pictured with her daughter Willow who was born in July 2020, and her son Heath
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NEW YORK, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new study reveals that the pandemic has increased pregnancy stress for U.S. women. As a growing number of expecting women grapple with unprecedented health concerns around the coronavirus, many are looking for ways to manage their anxiety. And one singer is on a mission to help ease that fear through music this Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
Claire Young and her baby daughter Willow Young who was born in 2020
- Credit: Claire Young
Mums-to-be and new mums have been feeling the pressure during the global Covid pandemic, with many admitting they have felt isolated and alone on their new journey.
At the start of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, mums from Suffolk have spoken about coping with the baby blues to more serious conditions including postnatal depression and postnatal anxiety.
These challenges have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with many mums-to-be also struggling with their mental health before the birth of their child.
Claire Young pictured with her daughter Willow who was born in July 2020, and her son Heath