South Africa:   Motsoaledi Sounds Off On Post-MDG Agenda

Health-e, 1 July 2014

South African Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says three issues should top the post Millennium Development Goal (MDG) agenda. Read more »

Africa:   Looking to Africa's LDCs to Learn How to Save the Lives of Millions of Mothers and Their Babies

IPS, 30 June 2014

Every year, three million newborn babies and almost 6.6 million children under five die globally, but if the rest of the world looked towards the examples of two of Africa's… Read more »

Africa:   How To Save Millions of Girls' and Women's Lives

Girls Not Brides, 30 June 2014

What if there was there was a practice that, if ended, could improve the lives of millions of women and girls worldwide? Every year, 14 million girls are married before the age of… Read more »

Africa:   Graca Machel Makes Historic Call on Maternal, Child Mortality

PMNCH, 30 June 2014

International leaders and public health experts call for women and children to be at the centre of the post-2015 development agenda Read more »

Africa:   Ban Urges Focus On Adolescent Girls to Reduce Maternal Mortality

UN News, 28 June 2014

To triumph over maternal mortality, initiatives must focus on adolescent girls, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said, ones that allow them to go to school, marry whom they… Read more »

Uganda:   Saving Mothers, Giving Life Reports One-Third Reduction in Maternal Mortality In One Year

USAID, 9 January 2014

The number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth declined sharply over one year in eight pilot districts in Uganda and Zambia where Saving Mothers, Giving Life has… Read more »

Nigeria:   Global Partners Call for Improved Maternal, Child Health

Vanguard, 1 July 2014

Making her first public appearance since the end of her mourning period after the death of her husband, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, has tasked the world to ensure that women,… Read more »

Africa:   Landmark Global Action Plan Outlines Strategy to Prevent 2.9m Newborn Deaths

PMNCH, 30 June 2014

To meet 2035 newborn survival goals, more than 90 countries must accelerate progress; Of those, 29 countries must more than double current rates of progressNew financial, policy… Read more »

Nigeria:   World Cup Country Where Children Most Likely to Die

Premium Times, 29 June 2014

Nigeria has the highest rate of child deaths among all the nations represented at the ongoing 2014 FIFA World Cup, a new scorecard of the 32 countries competing in the tournament… Read more »

Africa:   Countdown to 2015 Highlights 'Unfinished Business' in Bringing Health Care to World's Poorest Women and Children

PMNCH, 30 June 2014

Many developing countries have taken substantive action to save women’s and children’s lives, but vast areas of “unfinished business” still need to be… Read more »

Nigeria:   Report - Nigeria, Others Reduce Child Mortality

This Day, 30 June 2014

A new scorecard of the 32 countries competing in the 2014 FIFA World Cup shows that all have made significant progress in reducing child mortality since 1990, a statement issued by… Read more »

South Africa:   Graça Machel Returns to Work 'Inspired By Madiba'

SA Info, 27 June 2014

Nelson Mandela's widow, Graça Machel, is to resume her work as a global advocate for women's and children's rights following a six-month period of mourning for her late… Read more »

Nigeria:   NGO Tasks Media, Others On Maternal, Newborn Survival Programmes

Independent (Lagos), 29 June 2014

Bauchi based non-governmental organization, Evidence for Action (E4A), has charged civil society organizations, the media and the state Ministry of Health to be committed to… Read more »

South Africa:   Graca Machel Ends Mourning Period

SAnews.gov.za, 29 June 2014

After six months of retreat, mourning the death of former President Nelson Mandela, his widow, Graca Machel will now return to her public life. In a statement, issued by her Trust… Read more »