Despite global decline in child deaths, progress varies by country
Global child and adolescent deaths have decreased from 14.18 million in 1990 to 7.26 million…
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WHO Kenya donates 15 ambulances to counties
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 15 ambulances to support reproductive, maternal, newborn, child…
Zimbabwe has highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa. A national study has revealed…
East Africa gets US$18 million funding to fight HIV
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are among 13 African countries that will receive US$55 million from…
Public and private partnership critical to meet demand for contraceptives
Lack of access to family planning services and information among women not only undermines their…
Global declines in adolescent childbearing related to national income, education expenditures
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that an important explanation for…
New genomics study to help children with HIV and tuberculosis
The Collaborative African Genomics Network (CAfGEN), a Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiate…