COVID-19 ‘led to rise in stillbirths, maternal deaths’
Kabita gives advice on contraception to mother-of-two, Tuni, so she can plan the size of her family. A study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic worsens global maternal and perinatal outcomes, especially in low- and middle- income countries. Copyright: Pippa Ranger/DFID, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Ambassador of Qatar to Mexico, Mohammed bin Jassim Al Kuwari, at the honouring ceremony.
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Mexico City: The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the United States of Mexico organized a symposium on the occasion of International Women’s Day, honoring female nurses in Mexico for the role and permanent struggle they play in fighting COVID-19.
The symposium was attended by Former President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas, Dr. Maribel Peizis from the Division of Nursing Programs of Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), and Dr. Cynthia Gonzalez, representing Head of the Division of Nursing Programs of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) Fabiana Zepeda, in addition to a number of nurses. Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United Mexican States H E Mohammed bin Jassim Al Kuwari said in his speech that the celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day is not only a memorial event, stressing the desire for this ev
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The losses of many hundreds of thousands of jobs, a spike in informal work and businesses on the verge of collapse are hallmarks of the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico, a country that has seen millions of its citizens pushed into dire economic straits over the past year.
The story of Rodrigo, a former gas station pump attendant and now a windshield washer at a stoplight street corner, is similar to that of many Mexicans: the coronavirus swept into the country on the last day of February 2020, all non-essential businesses were shut down at the end of March and his job vanished in April.