Arusha — THE Head of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Diana Nsubuga, has called on African countries to increase investment in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing to help reduce maternal and child deaths. Speaking on Thursday, October 8, 2026, during a…
New York — African countries must stop relying too heavily on external support to keep mothers and children alive and instead invest more of their own money in maternal and child health, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call on Thursday afternoon in New York during a high-level Tanzanian event on women’s leadership…
New York / Addis Ababa — Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight will largely depend on where they live, how quickly they reach care, and whether the health system around them is ready to respond. Maternal deaths in Africa have dropped 40 percent since 2000, but…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday highlighted the importance of investing in maternal health initiatives aimed at supporting mothers before and after they give birth. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Sanders, who has three children, said she raised alarm…
We have the knowledge and resources to end preventable maternal mortality today. So, why are women still dying while giving birth? Because for too many women, a safe birth still depends on a chain of simple, but life-or-death contingencies: whether a family can find transport to skilled care, whether a midwife is on duty, whether…
Women continue to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and this is unacceptable. While Africa has made progress in reducing maternal mortality since 2000, the region still needs a twelve-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to meet the Sustainable Development Goal, according to the estimates from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency…
Nearly two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. The risk of a woman who lives in a country affected by conflict dying due to maternal causes is around five times higher for…
In 2023 alone, an estimated 160,000 women died from preventable maternal causes in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners has shown. The brief was produced by WHO and an…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Since its launch in Somaliland in 2024, the Damal Caafimaad Project has supported 49 health facilities and served over 425,000 outpatients, with a significant rise in antenatal care coverage. Female outpatient attendance reached 76,527, representing a 56.5% coverage of the targeted population. Over 16,000 pregnant women completed at least four antenatal care visits…
New York — Partnership to Reach 23 Million Pregnant Women and their Babies with Essential Prenatal Vitamins and Minerals Globally In a bold step to combat maternal undernutrition and protect the health of future generations, Kirk Humanitarian announced a new commitment today of US$50 million in prenatal vitamins and minerals, accessible to more than 60…
