It is baffling that the concepts of 'culture' and 'our morals' is being used as a reason to not have sex education in schools because the continent has a proud history of having ... Read more »
Investment in women's health and opportunity will be transformative for communities across Africa, the 5th Annual Commonwealth Africa Summit has been told. Read more »
Arusha Regional Administrative Secretary Richard Kwitega is concerned at the growing number of early pregnancies in the region, saying despite reporting the cases to the police, no ... Read more »
The Roman Catholic Church in the Mpanda Diocese in Katavi Region has proposed that all pregnant girls and their parents be arrested and prosecuted so that the number of pregnancies ... Read more »
The initiative aims to improve maternal and newborn care in the Kigoma region, where figures have shown that only 47% of women give birth at healthcare facilities. Read more »
A new report from the UN Children's Fund says five of the 10 most dangerous countries in which to be born are in West and Central Africa, where babies are 50 times more likely to ... Read more »
The UN Childrens Fund has raised the alarm that global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, with Nigeria ranked 11th in the world. According to the report, the newborn ... Read more »
Auxillia Mnangagwa's departure from parliament and active politics comes amid calls from within and outside the ruling party for her to resign from her parliamentary seat, so that ... Read more »
Various stakeholder campaigns are encouraging pregnant women to deliver their babies in hospital, yet in the last six months, nine women out of 65 lost their lives during ... Read more »
Did South Africa waste U.S.$10.6 million on a new condom tender? "As the health department prepares to issue the latest condom tender, serious questions remain about whether the ... Read more »
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