A health development organisation is hoping to save two million lives by 2015 by tackling diarrhoea and pneumonia, the leading killers of children globally. Read more »
The increasing number of abortion occuring in the country has prompted the UN to ask the government to revaluate the criminalisation of termination. Read more »
Thousands filed out to various fun spots and stadia to savour and celebrate the Children's Day in different regions in the country. Read more »
As child protection week kicks off in the country, child advocates believe that 'we are failing our children.' South Africa's government is embarking on a massive campaign to raise ... Read more »
His To Keep is a poetic take on the consequences of Kenya's fight for freedom as seen through the heart broken words of a veteran who feels he lost more than he won during the ... Read more »
A federal high court in Lagos has wound-up the case involving Barewa Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture, which killed 80 babies in 2008. Read more »
Vaccine scares have emerged as a major challenge to global efforts to eliminate preventable diseases, with rumours and conspiracy theories proliferating faster than health ... Read more »
A new international study provides a clear picture of the impact and most common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading killer of young children globally. 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 »
Multiple Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, Lenny Kravitz, is urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths through ... Read more »
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