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 »
According to the UN Population Fund, 28,932 girls aged between 10 and 14 years were raped, and 349,465 girls between 15 to 19 years were pregnant. Counties with the highest number ... Read more »
Gaje and her husband Gora Zubairu celebrated bringing the blessing of quadruplets into the world. However, the joy gave way to sorrow as one of the babies passed away and was ... Read more »
The study by scientists at Switzerland's University of Saint Gallen shows that babies born in the Delta region are twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their ... Read more »
According to latest figures from the World Health Organisation Nigeria is number three on the top ten countries with the highest number of preterm births with 773,600. ... Read more »
Like any mother, Jacinta Ochieng wanted nothing more than to take her children home, all five of them, even though their birth had surprised her- she thought she had been carrying ... Read more »
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey has highlighted a nationwide overall drop in infant mortality rate from 97 per 1000 live births recorded in 2011 to 70 per 1000 live births. ... Read more »
Roughly every six minutes, a woman somewhere in the world bleeds to death in child birth. But a new medical trial shows that there is a way of combating this global problem which ... Read more »
Difficulty in conceiving is common. One in every six couples experience infertility and it is more prevalent to people over the age of 35. Read more »
Finding out you are pregnant may trigger different emotions, from excitement to joy, fear and anxiety which can result in to something unexpected like prenatal depression. Prenatal ... Read more »
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