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10 African countries with lowest number of birth registrations
Birth registration is a critical foundation for legal identity and the protection of children's rights. ・UNICEF's 2024 report ...
Tackling child and teen pregnancy in Eastern and Southern Africa
Experts at the UKZN conference highlight alarming rates of adolescent pregnancies in Eastern and Southern Africa ...
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Birth registration progresses globally but big gaps remain in Sub Saharan Africa: UNICEF
UNICEF is supporting several Sub Saharan African countries including Nigeria as well as nations in other parts on ...
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Africa: Birth Registration Increases, but 150 Million Children Still 'Invisible'
A new report from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the "invisible" millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly eight in 10 children ...
BBC5 年
Giving birth two million years ago was 'relatively easy'
Human-like relatives two million years ago had it "pretty easy", according to birth reconstruction in a fossil. For Australopithecus sediba, which lived 1.95 million years ago in South Africa ...
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South Africa teen pregnancy: Juggling school exams and baby twins
Teenage pregnancy is a big problem in South Africa. It is a particularly pernicious problem in rural areas, where young girls hoping to escape poverty make easy prey for older men, known here as ...
Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines
The fifth edition of the Integrated Maternal and Perinatal Care Guidelines for South Africa, released by the health ...