A new Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition examines the problems associated with undernutrition and successful interventions. A similar report released by Lancet in 2008 ... Read more »
More than one million babies die the day they are born and the countries with the highest rates of these deaths are in Africa, according to Save the Children's annual report on the ... Read more »
Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended despite the country's progress in the use of contraceptives over the last decade, according to a report by the Rwanda School of Public ... Read more »
Most of the methods to save the life of a newborn - like antiseptic for the umbilical cord - are simple, but three million babies die a year. The first Global Newborn Health ... Read more »
Experts around the continent have gathered to address the preventable deaths of newborns, which accounts for almost half of all deaths among children under five. Read more »
The country's first and only fertility clinic has recorded its first successful birth through in vitro fertilisation, a process which makes it possible for couples faced with ... Read more »
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one woman for allegedly selling babies, after the rescue of 32 pregnant teenagers from a maternity home where they were ... Read more »
In Nigeria, inadequate hospital transport methods contribute to one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Africa. But a joint, new transportation effort is reportedly helping ... Read more »
Hospitals across the continent are adopting Kangaroo Mother Care to help curb high mortality rates for preterm infants. The technique emphasizes skin-to-skin contact between ... Read more »
A new partnership will make a long-acting contraceptive implant available to millions of women in developing countries at a discounted price. Read more »
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