In the Mudzi district, cases of malnutrition have increased by 20 percent over the past three months
Access to safe sanitation is not just a matter of comfort or convenience; it is a fundamental human right
The country is one of several in Southern Africa experiencing chronic food shortages
‘It’s a small step to encourage them to keep on with their schoolwork’
A recent poll by Unicef South Africa found that 73% of young people needed mental health support over the past year
Restricting the advertising of unhealthy foodstuffs is crucial for promoting healthier eating options
Cholera was largely eliminated from industrialised countries more than a century ago, but there are still a significant number of cases each year in Africa
People are changing their eating habits to accommodate competing needs such as rent, school fees, transport and other essentials
Instead of only focusing on what went wrong, analysing policies that have improved people’s lives helps governments NGOs in other actions
Education is the best way to turn young people’s potential into realised achievements
Programmes that integrate into society are non-existent and since migration management is reactive in outlook, migrants self-select into available social networks.
Data collected by Unicef shows an alarming drop-off in shipments arriving in the continent since the start of 2022
The Hope Consortium and Unicef partnership will boost countries’ vaccine rollout efforts
Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years
In the face of their families’ poverty, young men, persuaded by the prospect of wealth or education, travel to Europe with their older female sponsors only to be trafficked for sex
An investigation exposed how Afrox charges N$510 to refill a cylinder containing 1 400 litres of oxygen, enough to help a severely ill Covid-19 patient breathe for about two hours
Children are more vulnerable than adults for a number of reasons including an increased risk of death
The pandemic precipitated a global experiment in education, which Unesco is keen to document and support
Children are being deprived not only of education, but also nutrition. Governments and the international community must secure these inalienable rights
“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a statement released in March last year. These appalling figures are just one of the many consequences of gender-based violence and abuse, namely domestic abuse, which is defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner
Human Rights Watch warns that learners may take years to recover from the damage caused by school closures
Fight the equity divide so that African families have adequate food, social protection and access to technology
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and leading nongovernmental organisations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by the nonprofit news agency The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. In interviews, 51 women — many of whose […]
Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.
Children are expected to keep learning at home during the coronavirus lockdown, but a lack of resources makes this a tricky prospect for some of them
Children are less likely to contract the coronavirus than adults, but the way in which the pandemic affects them goes beyond ill health
Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue
In Africa, more people will die as a result of what we are doing to prevent Covid-19 than will be saved by doing it
By using our urine and faeces as resources rather than waste, we can save our most precious resource – water
This silent killer stalks expecting mothers around the world and is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in South Africa
The government, private sector and civil society need to work together to address the causes of unhealthy eating in all its forms
From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions and cutting waiting times for life-saving healthcare