The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda
A case against a couple accused of murdering and neglecting a seven-month-old baby in Diepsloot has been postponed.
ARVs have stopped children dying, now the former Aids hospice is helping them to thrive.
Having a baby in sub-Saharan Africa is riskier than anywhere else according to the latest State of the World’s Mothers report.
‘Baby bins’ can mean the difference between life – and death at the bottom of a trash can.
Health workers at a rural hospital describe paying for equipment, taxi fares and meals as part of providing care.
A team of experts will begin investigations on Friday into the deaths of five premature babies at the Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal.
One of the biggest concerns is that not enough is being done to cut the number of child deaths across the globe.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has decided to investigate allegations of negligence following six baby deaths at a Johannesburg hospital.
Gauteng health authorities have washed their hands of six premature babies dying of gastro, saying there had been "no specific acts of negligence".
The baby whose mother gave birth on a street in Alexandra had already died when its mother arrived at a clinic, a Gauteng health spokesperson said.
The Gauteng health department has confirmed the deaths of 11 babies, several of them unborn, at the Natalspruit Hospital in Katlehong.
A team from the Gauteng health department was sent to the Natalspruit Hospital on Thursday after reports that a three-month-old baby died in a queue.
The neonatal ward of the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital was overcrowded when six babies died of diarrhoea, the Gauteng health minister said on Wednesday.
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/ 7 February 2009
Nigeria reported on Friday that 84 infants and children have now died after swallowing a syrup laced with a chemical normally found in antifreeze.
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/ 31 December 2008
The chairperson of a Chinese diary company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children.
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/ 24 October 2008
The Health Department has recalled White Rabbit sweets after tests found that they contained unacceptable levels of melamine, it said on Friday.
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/ 27 September 2008
China on Saturday scrambled to reassure the public after a toxic-milk scandal, saying nearly 50 brands that had been tested contained no melamine.
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/ 23 September 2008
China vowed to choke off toxic milk from reaching export markets after an infant-powder scandal that has left thousands of children sick.
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/ 17 September 2008
China said on Wednesday more than 6 000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical.
The DA is appealing the government’s ”refusal” to approve an application for the release of a report into Eastern Cape baby deaths.