Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% in a seven-year period, from 556 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 per 100,000 in 2022. The success is attributable to increased political ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, a ...

TANZANIA’S remarkable progress in maternal and child health has pushed the Gates Foundation to award President Samia Suluhu ...

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ...

ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR’s Second Vice President, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla, has reiterated the government’s dedication to working with private ...

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to achieving zero maternal mortality in Nigeria, emphasizing the role of family planning (FP) programs in realizing this goal. Dr. Samuel ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) say they have now found that when the brain cells of female mice express only a maternal X chromosome, the animals’ memory and ...

Results: In East Africa, post-neonatal mortality was found to be 15 per 1,000 live births. Pregnancy type (AOR = 3.09, 95% CI: 2.30, 4.13), birth weight (AOR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.25, 2.01), maternal age ...

Unguja. The political landscape in Zanzibar is shaping into one of anticipation as the island nation gears up for the October 2025 General Election. The Opposition ACT-Wazalendo national Chairman and ...

Summary: New research shows that female mice expressing only a maternal X chromosome experience faster brain aging and cognitive decline compared to those expressing both maternal and paternal X ...

She highlighted achievements in reducing maternal mortality by 80 percent from 556 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016/2017 to 104 in 2022. The government has invested significantly in emergency ...