‘SA’s shame of pregnant and abused women who suffer in silence’: study

In SA, the prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy ranges between 27% and 39%

17 August 2023 - 20:45

About four in 10 women in South Africa experience perinatal depression during pregnancy or postpartum depression, a condition which can have devastating effects on families...

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