Child Health
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Cost blocks public access to RSV protection for babies
High costs are preventing newly approved maternal vaccines and antibody treatments for RSV from entering South Africa's public healthcare system, leaving vulnerable infants…
Mozambican children die after US funding cuts: Who bears responsibility?
The least the Trump administration could have done was provide ample warning that it was going to cut aid
Monthly prescription rule blocks ADHD treatment for South African children
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder affects 5% to 7% of schoolgoing children, but doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a time, so don’t get too much…
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
Fighting stunting in children is key to South Africa’s future prosperity
The new government must make zero stunting a funded national priority