The births, represented third largest population of newborns in the world on January 1, 2018. The United Nations Children's Fund has however expressed concern that while many ... Read more »
Tandahimba District Commissioner Sebastian Waryuba has ordered police to arrest 55 secondary school girls who became pregnant in the past two years. Speaking during a district ... Read more »
The Regional Immunisation Technical Advisory Group, which serves as the principal advisory group to the WHO, says that the region is off track to achieve the Global Vaccine Action ... Read more »
Tanzania's president pardoned singer Nguza Viking, also known as Babu Seya, and his son Johnson Nguza, known as Papii Kocha, on Saturday for raping 10 primary schoolgirls, aged ... Read more »
The first protection of civilians site - a place of refuge and safety - set up next to a UN base in the country has been closed after internally displaced families expressed the ... Read more »
Hundreds of millions of Africans are faced with the appalling choice between seeking life-saving medical care and putting food on their tables, writes Graça Machel. In a ... Read more »
International Criminal Court judges have set rebel leader Thomas Lubanga's financial liability for reparations for war crimes at U.S.$ 10 million. Lubanga was convicted in March ... Read more »
Social marketing is used worldwide to tackle public health problems - but in Uganda this has not been widely embraced. Now DKT, a United States family planning company, has entered ... Read more »
Climate change is causing droughts and food shortages and, as a result, is having a huge impact on people's lives. For instance, in Malawi, it's resulting in around 1.5 million ... Read more »
At least half of the world's population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization. And each year, ... Read more »
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