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maternal health

Why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and the veld
Health
/ 19 May 2025

Why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and the veld

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand have gathered data from the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto to better understand why so many women turn to desperate measures instead of seeking legal and safe abortions

By Bhekisisa Team
Eastern Cape headman: ‘You won’t find a child born with HIV in this village’
Health
/ 7 November 2024

Eastern Cape headman: ‘You won’t find a child born with HIV in this village’

Babies getting HIV from their infected mothers is rare in a cluster of 39 villages in the OR Tambo district

By Zano Kunene
How breast milk can help fight climate change
Health
/ 29 October 2024

How breast milk can help fight climate change

A new proposal that aims to get more women to breastfeed says this could cut back the greenhouse gas emissions and get countries that produce the bulk of emissions to pay for it

By Tanya Pampalone
Heat from a changing climate poses a significant risk to mothers and babies
National
/ 25 August 2022

Heat from a changing climate poses a significant risk to mothers and babies

It is crucial to pay attention to the effects of a warming world on mothers and babies because it stands to affect them the most

By Dennis Webster
The Covid pandemic has exacerbated weaknesses in health systems, particularly in poor countries
Coronavirus
/ 21 May 2021

The Covid pandemic has exacerbated weaknesses in health systems, particularly in poor countries

Strategic investments in health care for all are needed to ensure safe births, treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea, and children are vaccinated

By Carin Jämtin and Stefan Swartling Peterson

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