In a recent study we sought to understand the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies in South Africa. To do so we interviewed 20 young women. They were either pregnant for the first time ...

An investigation has uncovered a harrowing fertility scam in Anambra State, Nigeria, where illegal clinics exploit vulnerable ...

Under this pressure, some women go to extremes to realise their dream of motherhood. For over a year, BBC Africa Eye has been ...

Scammers convince women that they are pregnant with unknown pills and injections that induce symptoms associated with ...

In a recent study we sought to understand the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies in South Africa. To do so we interviewed 20 young women. They were either pregnant for the first time ...

Recently released figures showed that a shocking 6% of female students got pregnant in a single year at a school in South Africa's Limpopo province. The BBC's Pumza Fihlani went to investigate.

In a recent study we sought to understand the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies in South Africa. To do so we interviewed 20 young women. They were either pregnant for the first time ...

TB is the most common cause of death in pregnant women (or in the period immediately after pregnancy) in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, often the benefits to the mother and child outweigh the ...

One was the high number of deaths from preventable pregnancy and childbirth-related complications in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia—two-thirds of total global deaths. The other ...

including pregnant cows, is evidence of the callous brutality demanded to feed the appetite of the ivory trade," Celine Sissler-Bienvenu, head of IFAW in France and Francophone Africa, said in a ...

It was documented in the 2021 edition of the African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. A total of 120 pregnant women were recruited, with 115 participants followed up till birth and ...