Bekker said. This study is the first to test its use in babies. In South Africa, children under five receive free HIV treatment, including dispersible tablets, but the film is not yet part of the ...

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However, the primary school result patterns were different. For South African children, there was a significant drop in mathematics achievement by 12 points, from 374 in 2019 to 362 in 2023.

Much like it has historically, recent mpox outbreaks in Africa have significantly affected children and highlight major public health challenges, including oral healthcare in pandemic responses. The ...

The relative merits of MUAC and WHZ, as well as whether they ought to be used separately, are still up for debate. Considering the significant impact of acute malnutrition on a large number of ...

A report issued by UNICEF investigators described horrific abuses, affecting children as young as 1 year old, in the civil war in Sudan. By Eve Sampson Armed men in Sudan have raped hundreds of ...

Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from ...

Paediatric surgeon Peter Beale has been acquitted of all charges related to the deaths of three children after a lengthy ... Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in 2022.

As conflict rages across Sudan, armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including some infants as young as one, according to the UN children’s agency (UNICEF). Data from gender-based ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 of them ...