Prof Moses Obimbo Madadi, leading Clinician-Scientist and Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Africa has the highest neonatal mortality rate in the world, with 27 deaths per 1,000 ...

A Tanzanian law that bans pregnant girls and teenage mothers from attending school is being challenged in Africa's top rights ...

KwaZulu-Natal's Premier Thami Ntuli revealed on 28 October that over 26,000 teenagers fell pregnant in the province between ...

Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It’s a complication characterised by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labour or in the first week ...

Malaria takes a devastating toll on pregnant women and their babies across Africa. Now a pioneering EU-funded project is working on a new vaccine to increase protection.By Vittoria D’AlessioMalaria ...

In 2023, 100 095 births were registered to teenage mothers and 2 311 to those 14 years old and younger. During the first ...

In women living with HIV, preventive treatment with DHA-PPQ is a safe and effective strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy, according to the final results of the MAMAH clinical trial. In women ...

The African Union Commission and its specialized agency on girls and women’s education is currently hosting a conference in Addis Ababa with government ministers, education experts, and civil society ...

After being shamed over bloodstains on her uniform, Ghanaian student Juliet Opoku misses about a week of school each month ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has seen cases of mpox infection in pregnant women being passed on to unborn babies in central Africa, Director-General Jean Kaseya ...

Matthew Chersich receives funding through: the HE2AT Centre, a grant supported by the NIH Common Fund and NIEHS, which is managed by the Fogarty International Centre; the HIGH Horizons project from ...