Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Djanina Baptista, head gynaecologist at Cajueiro Hospital, stands in front of the closed doors of the birth registration office.

Melinda Gates is resigning from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit organization funded by her husband’s billions, which exists primarily to get African women on birth control. Getting ...

Severe bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage) is the leading cause of maternal mortality globally. It causes approximately 70,000 deaths annually. About 80% occur in Africa and South Asia. A ...

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

In public maternity wards across the country, girls as young as 10 are giving birth, not as rare anomalies, but as part of a disturbing pattern that has become routine. In 2025 alone, more than ...