Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has introduced a new contraceptive implant, which is active for three years, and is available at clinics from June.
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/ 31 January 2014
Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can’t seek clinical advice in person.
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/ 17 January 2014
Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.
Unless the state’s plan to curb maternal deaths is wholly implemented, it won’t make a dent.
Scandinavian expertise is helping to train top nurses in how to handle difficult pregnancies.
Promoting discussions about sexuality and a culture that respects the dignity of everyone will help marginalised people such as sex workers.
South Africa has long been a destination for fertility tourists. Now agencies are recruiting SA women to fuel India’s burgeoning surrogacy business.
Access to ARVs is improving, but poor attitudes to patients are aggravating maternal mortality rates.
The ConCourt is considering whether education heads of department have the right to overturn unconstitutional school governing bodies’ policy.
Many South Africans say pregnant teens should stay home from school lest they "disturb the class", but activists are working hard to change attitudes.
Institutional reform has been touted as a solution to reducing the number of pregnancy and birth related deaths.
South Africa is one of a handful of countries that have done little to reduce maternal deaths, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
<b>Jessica McCallin</b> wanted to have a child on her own using donated sperm. But it’s not that easy in Britain.
Does a ‘complete’ unit have to have boys and girls? <b>Sali Hughes</b> thinks not.
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/ 26 November 2010
Stephanie Calman chose to have her children by Caesarean section and can’t understand why women like her are made to feel like failures.
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/ 19 November 2010
Scientists find link between mild analgesic use in pregnancy and a raised risk of having a son with cryptorchidism
A 10-year-old mother has provoked outrage in Spain, but if she and her family appear happy, why should the rest of us worry?
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/ 20 October 2010
A new study boosts suspicions that a child’s risk of allergies could be linked to the season that coincides with the first three months of pregnancy.
Women who have one or two alcoholic drinks a week during pregnancy do not harm their children’s behavioural or intellectual development.
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/ 15 September 2010
Up to 500 000 women worldwide die while pregnant or in childbirth — and half of them are in sub-Saharan Africa.
An 18-year-old schoolgirl gave birth at a school in Eersterus near Pretoria on Monday, the school principal said.
Reports in the local media about a Tunisian woman pregnant with 12 babies have caught the attention of Tunisian health authorities.
My son Luca was about three days old when the pretty nurse left a white slip of paper on my hospital bed. "What’s this?" I said, confused.
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/ 11 September 2008
After 41 weeks in the womb, Baby Biriwasha seemed in no hurry to come out-
Pregnant women who take an epilepsy drug that is also prescribed for migraines may increase the risk of their children having birth defects.
Pregnancy makes a woman exempt from the usual fought-for courtesies and rights offered to other members of the human race, especially women.
HIV-positive women are less likely to get pregnant and more likely to have a miscarriage, according to a study conducted in Uganda.