The world is currently facing a shortage of 900,000 midwives, which represents a third of the required global midwifery workforce. The Covid-19 crisis has only exacerbated these ... Read more »

In Nigeria, the rate of maternal and infants deaths due to preventable health problems is alarming. Nigeria currently has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant deaths in ... Read more »

Pumwani Hospital has the country's first and only breastmilk bank. It was set up in 2019 to help pre-term babies whose mothers had died or were not present, full-term babies who ... Read more »

An investigation into the practice of telling women that an "Abortion pill reversal" - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician - has ... Read more »

Malawi politicians have blocked a debate on the proposals to ease abortion restrictions, where unsafe terminations contribute to one of the region's highest rates of maternal ... Read more »

In multiple countries, customary and religious laws have been found to uphold practices that discriminate against women and undermine gender equality. Customary and ... Read more »

The introduction of antiretroviral drugs has resulted in a remarkable decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission. New infections among children declined by 52% worldwide and 55% ... Read more »

Just 85 kilometres south of Malawi's capital, the impact of global warming is abundantly clear, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports. Hunger is becoming increas Read more »

A report - "Why Are Women Dying While Giving Birth in Nigeria?" - is the culmination of a community-informed maternal death review, carried out in 18 communities across six states, ... Read more »

Equality Now, a women's rights organisation with global and regional offices, as well as other rights groups in Tanzania, jointly filed a case at the African Court in Arusha on ... Read more »