gestational diabetes
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Gestational diabetes a hidden threat to maternal and neonatal health
08th March 2015
In marking International Women’s Day on March 8, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and the NCD Alliance are calling for recognition of gestational diabetes as a priority maternal and newborn health issue, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where a woman’s lifetime risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 38, compared to 1 in 3,700 in the developed word.