For the last decade, there has been attention to the troublesome fact that African American women have more problematic pregnancies than do white women. And, while in the U.S. pregnancy outcomes are ...

Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It’s a complication characterised by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labour or in the first week ...

Cotonou, Benin (CNN)As you walk through the fading white gates of the Association Saint Camille de Lellis, named after the patron of the sick, you are consumed by the buzz of activity everywhere. Just ...

WHEN A WOMAN heads to the delivery room, the expectation is that a happy ending is all but guaranteed. This story is true for most women in developed countries where health care works well due to ...

Each year, across Africa, tens of thousands of adolescent girls drop out of school or experience discrimination and exclusion because they are pregnant, married, or are mothers. Pregnancy is both a ...

Pregnant people who are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa are dying at a rate far greater than pregnant people without COVID-19 and non-pregnant people with COVID-19, according to a new ...

The African Union Commission and its specialized agency on girls and women’s education is currently hosting a conference in Addis Ababa with government ministers, education experts, and civil society ...

Pre-eclampsia is a danger to pregnant women. It's a complication characterized by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labor or in the first week after ...