Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, works to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024. The ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region. Most are ...

When research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved quickly to ...

There is an urgent need for the African Union to protect children caught in the crossfire of conflict, as millions face ...

Hunger shadowed Mercy Lung'aho's childhood, fueling her campaign to promote nutrition as a foundation for Africa's development.As lead for the Food Security, Nutrition and Health Program at the ...

The consumption of milk products, eggs and fish has a positive effect on childhood development in Africa. This has been demonstrated in a recent study. The researchers used representative data from ...

Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...