Topical Focus: Pregnancy and Childbirth


Doctors at Chris Hani Baragwanath had issued a warning in December last year already that staffing levels at the hospital were dangerous and endangering the lives of mothers. Read more »


Despite being illegal, abortions are still available in Zambia's capital at very low fees through private medical practitioners. Read more »
Top Headlines
- Uganda: Watching a Girl Die While Aborting Changed My Life (New Vision)
- Rwanda: Rwamagana Gets New Maternity Wards (New Times)
- Uganda: Two Percent of Female Students Have Ever Aborted - Study (New Vision)
- South Africa: Baragwanath Warning Bells Sounded Long Ago (Health-e)
- Morocco: Le Nouvel Observateur Magazine Confiscated (HRInfo)
- Angola: Pregnant Women Join HIV/Aids Test (ANGOP)
- Rwanda: KHI Students Discuss Unwanted Pregnancies (New Times)
- Kenya: WHO Experts Now Fail to Agree On Contraceptives (Nairobi Star)
- South Africa: Cry the Beloved Province (Health-e)
- Tanzania: NGOs Hailed Over Motherhood Bill (Daily News)
- Namibia: School Teaches Learners On Teen Pregnancy (New Era)
- Africa: Chlorhexidine Umbilical Cord Care Can Save Newborn Lives (USAID)
- South Africa: Department to Intervene in Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic Hospital Problems (SAPA)
- Kenya: Turkana Women Prefer Giving Birth At Home - Medical Officer (Nairobi Star)
- Nigeria: FG to Probe Maternal and Infant Deaths (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: Oshiomhole Vows to Combat Infant Mortality (Vanguard)
- Africa: Obstetric Fistula Fact Sheet (Worldwide Fistula Fund)
- Nigeria: 17-Year-Old Mother Sells Two-Week-Old Baby for N20,000 (Leadership)
- Tanzania: Campaign Against Fistula Gets Boost (Daily News)
- Nigeria: Oshiomhole Decries Increase in Child Mortality (Vanguard)
- Eritrea: Health Station in Aimen Rendering Commendable Pre-and Post-Delivery Care Service (Shabait)
- Eritrea: Health Service to Mothers and Pregnant Women in Massawa Sub-Zone Registering Satisfactory Outcome (Shabait)
- Tunisia: Radio Zitouna Accused of Airing Politicized Content (Tunisia Live)
- Nigeria: Father of Girl Born Without Hands and Legs Says She Is a Gift From God (Vanguard)
- Nigeria: The Joy and Sorrow of Fatima's Strange Birth (Leadership)
- Kenya: Couples Turn to Donated Eggs to Have Babies (Nation)
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