Progress in reducing neonatal and under-5 mortality have stalled as experts call for greater investment in services. Udani Samarasekera reports.

China's persistent decline in fertility rates and the accompanying demographic shift towards an ageing population have brought challenges to the country's health-care system, particularly in the realm ...

Bangladesh is facing significant challenges in maternal and newborn care, according to latest reports released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

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An estimated maternal mortality of 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births was recorded in Nigeria in 2020. A Nigerian woman is ...

As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked HHS, the entire staff that oversaw an annual survey to better understand infant ...

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged the Nigerian government to take urgent steps to tackle the ...

Stakeholders have called for urgent actions to tackle the high rate of deaths of women during and after pregnancy and childbirth in Nigeria, adding that Nigeria continues to record one of the highest ...

Author and doula Carson Meyer shares her take on childbirth in an exclusive essay for PEOPLE. All pregnancy and birthing ...

25). The finding is concerning, especially as the U.S. has the highest overall rate of maternal mortality among all developed countries, researchers said. Since cardiovascular problems are a leading ...

One study found that Black women were 3 times more likely to die of maternal deaths due to cardiovascular disease than White ...