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Infant Health

A changing birth: What’s behind SA’s skyrocketing c-section rates?
Article
/ 9 January 2019

A changing birth: What’s behind SA’s skyrocketing c-section rates?

Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?

By Laura Grant and Laura López González
Could better health for your baby come in a cardboard box?
Article
/ 10 August 2017

Could better health for your baby come in a cardboard box?

All the rage in Finland, ‘Moses baskets’ could soon be coming to South African shores.

By Adri Kotze
Parenting: why one size doesn’t fit all
Article
/ 12 April 2016

Parenting: why one size doesn’t fit all

Research in Alex township shows that "effective parenting" in one culture won’t necessarily yield the same results in another, writes Nicola Dawson.

By The Conversation
No end to bickering over breastfeeding
Article
/ 21 January 2011

No end to bickering over breastfeeding

Breast or bottle is one of the most intimate and essential decisions a new parent has to make.

By Sarah Ditum
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Article
/ 21 January 2011

A land that’s in need of a cure

A lack of basic healthcare means Médicins Sans Frontières in Southern Sudan treats many suffering from preventable illnesses.

By Baikong Mamid
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/ 23 September 2008

Heartbreak hospital

Thousands of babies die each year from correctable cardiac defects, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.

By Nosimilo Ndlovu

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