The exit of the militant group Al Shabaab has led to the first relief airlift in five years in the capital of Somalia, but the situation for women and children remains precarious, ... Read more »
The UN has declared a famine in more areas, bringing to five the number of regions in the country where malnutrition and starvation have already claimed the lives of tens of ... Read more »
Some 3.1 million children have been vaccinated against measles in a UN-coordinated campaign to combat the outbreak which has claimed countless lives since the start of this year. Read more »
Major donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world's poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the next five years. Read more »
A summit on the use of mobile communications to support healthcare is set to kick off in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more »
Hundreds of children younger than five have been wounded in the latest round of fighting in Mogadishu, accounting for almost half of all trauma cases in May, according to WHO. Read more »
Budget-conscious America should not risk global advances in reducing child and maternal mortality or related U.S. interests, prominent experts argue in Save the Children's new ... Read more »
When police in Kenya's coastal tourist city of Mombasa conduct night raids, it is not unusual for a large number of sex workers arrested to be under 18. Read more »
The main reasons children join the armed forces are poverty and a lack of educational opportunities. Read more »
The connection between malnutrition and farming practices was made in 2000, when hospital staff, together with a Canadian researcher, interviewed the parents of children admitted ... Read more »
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