Baby
latest news & developmentsBaby Savers South Africa fights back as Gauteng department cracks down on centres
Organisations are going to court to challenge the constitutionality of Children’s Act provisions
The vulnerable experience of childbirth during war
When Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip on 7 October, I was nine months pregnant … what if I had been there?
Kenya police ‘liable’ over baby’s election protest death
The magistrate found enough evidence that the baby died as a result of injuries inflicted by the police.
‘Switched’ baby burial in limbo as DNA test disputed
Zim couple Definite Chivanga and Tawanda Mutsvene still refuse to believe the infant who died after an alleged hospital transfer was theirs.
[From our archives] Placenta pie – benefits not cut and dry
The growing fad of eating one’s own placenta after giving birth has hit SA. But experts say there is no proof the practice is beneficial – or safe.
Special delivery: Over 200 Christmas babies in Limpopo
Limpopo province saw 239 babies born on Christmas day, says the provincial health department.
The royal baby is on its way
Prince William’s wife Kate has been admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour, say palace officials.
Infant care leaps forward with a lesson from kangaroos
A simple practice that benefits all newborns is also bringing down mortality rates.
But when the bough breaks …
‘Baby bins’ can mean the difference between life – and death at the bottom of a trash can.