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Caregivers: The Gauteng department of social development has ordered centres which care for abandoned infants to close but some are going to court to fight this.

Baby 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

Suffering: Iman al-Masri, a displaced Palestinian, gave birth to quadruplets in a shelter at a school in the Gaza Strip on 25 December. Photo: Majdi Fathi/Getty Images

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?

Extra-judicial killings are rife in Kenya, and justice is rare with few examples of police being held to account. (Reuters)

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.

Chivanga and Mutsvene believe it is bad luck to bury a child that is not your own.

‘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.

The growing fad of eating one’s own placenta after giving birth has come to SA but experts say there is no proof the practice is healthy or even safe.

[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.

‘Hole in the wall’ critics

But when the bough breaks …

‘Baby bins’ can mean the difference between life – and death at the bottom of a trash can.