Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016. Cases increased four-fold, with more than 20,000...
The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy issues, has supported five institutions and some individuals with mobility equipment. The beneficiary...
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It described the deaths – which can be prevented with vaccination –...
An Indian girl who made international headlines when a rare condition caused her head to swell to more than twice the normal size has died, days before she was to undergo corrective surgery. Roona...
A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering from Hirschsprung disease – a rare condition which caused severe constipation...
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the...
Italy has recorded nearly three times as many measles cases so far this year than for all of 2016 The government in Italy has ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common illnesses before...
Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations...
Measles is making its way across Europe at an alarming rate, shocking new figures reveal. Cases of the highly contagious infection have tripled in Italy so far this year, while Romania has also...
A new vaccine that is cheap to make and does not require refrigeration has shown promise in preventing rotavirus, a contagious and fatal disease that disproportionately strikes children in Africa,...
Syrian children terrified by shelling and airstrikes are showing signs of severe emotional distress and could grow up to be a generation "lost to trauma," Save the Children warned Monday. Interviews...
The Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital has appealed for a “pediatric ambulance” to efficiently respond to medical emergencies and save the lives of more children. Dr. Adoma Dwomo-Fokuo, a...
One newborn child dies every 15 minutes in Ghana with 30,000 newborn deaths recorded each year. This according to a statement by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF),...
