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 ...

An estimated 12 million teenage pregnancies are reported globally every year. Girls and young women in this age group face multiple risk factors that contribute to early pregnancies. These include a ...

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 ...

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

Auma Angella was 14 when she was called into the staff room at her school in Busia, eastern Uganda, and asked why her stomach was curving. A teacher began to press her abdomen. Before she understood ...

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 ...

Bayer Sub-Saharan Africa’s new Elevit range of pregnancy multivitamins will support mothers’ nutritional needs during pre-conception, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Bayer unveiled the range at the 2025 ...

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 ...