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- Vaccination before and during pregnancy What you need to know
What you need to know Some diseases are especially dangerous for you and your baby during pregnancy – when the immune system is generally weakened - or for your baby in its first weeks of life Timely vaccination either before or during pregnancy is a safe and efective way to protect against the severe outcomes of several of these diseases
- Maternal and reproductive health
Early pregnancies among adolescents have major health consequences for adolescent mothers and their babies Adolescent mothers aged 10–19 years face higher risks of eclampsia, puerperal endometritis and systemic infections than women aged 20–24 years
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
HPV is a common sexually transmitted virus Most women and men will be infected at some point in their lives, and the peak time for acquiring infection is shortly after becoming sexually active Most infections cause no symptoms and clear without intervention within 2 years, but certain types of HPV can lead to cancer or genital warts Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women
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