Deputy Minister Andries Nel highlights alarming statistics on teenage pregnancies in South Africa, revealing that over 117,000 girls aged 10-19 gave birth in 2024/25.

South Africa recorded 2,103 births by girls aged between 10 and 14 years in 2024, with KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape ...

In many developed countries, a birth certificate is a given, but in many African countries, obtaining one is not the norm. In sub-Saharan Africa, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), only ...

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities will convene the Adolescent Pregnancy Indaba, a national ...

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

Pain management during childbirth has evolved dramatically over the centuries, from herbal remedies to modern epidurals. But what if one of the most effective natural pain relievers has been growing ...

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Lying on a sagging mattress and wincing slightly, Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should have been afraid of giving birth to her first child, now lying in a crib near her ...