A combined measles-rubella vaccine initiative, beginning in Rwanda, will be introduced in 49 countries by 2020 and aims to vaccinate more than 700 million children. Read more »
A baby girl with what appears to be two heads has been delivered at the General Hospital, Malumfashi, Katsina State. Read more »
Mystery surrounds the shooting of the Nasarawa University students who were killed during a peaceful protest over a lack of water in the area. Read more »
A statement by the ruling party's secretary general angered a group of children called "struggle kids" who stormed into the party's headquarters demanding an explanation and a way ... Read more »
A French couple has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle more than 100 children to the European country for adoption, under the pretext that they were orphans from Darfur. Read more »
Poorly-regulated arms transfers continue to contribute to the recruitment and use of children in conflict, says an NGO ahead of the International Day against the Use of Child ... Read more »
The first tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be tested for efficacy in infants in more than 40 years has proved ineffective as a TB booster shot. Read more »
While Malawi has made significant strides in expanding family planning services, high fertility rates in the country are contributing to a population growth that is expected to ... Read more »
In his 2013 annual letter, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded the Gates Vaccine Innovation Award to Margarida Matsinhe for her work in helping ... Read more »
The country's traditional leadership insist that child marriages are allowed under customary law despite the banning of such unions by modern courts. Read more »
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