Preliminary data from the 2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), which shows that the fertility rate has declined from 4.9 births per woman in 2003 to 4.6 births today, seems to show progress in managing its population growth.

THE Government has secured a $600m (about sh1.2b) loan from the World Bank to renovate health centres countrywide, the Minister of Health, Dr. Stephen Mallinga, has said.

Chairman of the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hajiya Maryam Yola, has urged the state chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to spearhead the publicity and enlightenment campaign on girl-child education in the state.

THE NATIONAL Youth Leadership Forum-Ghana (NYLF-G), a youth advocacy group in the country, has expressed its disgust at the unfolding events surrounding the saga involving the proprietor of the Great Lamptey Mills Institute, Mr. Enoch Nii Lamptey Mills, and the

Top government officials were in the Oshana region this week to officially launch a number of birth registration points at various hospitals in the four northern regions.

The Ministry of Education is expected to start implementing a policy aimed at reducing the number of learners who leave school because of pregnancies after it was approved by Cabinet this week.

CABINET approved an Education Sector Policy for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy during its latest meeting last month.

Usually, childbirth is synonymous with joy in every home, but the reverse seems to be the case for the Olayinka family, who recently had a set of quadruplets, a girl and three boys.

On October 30, Uganda marked Safe Motherhood Day under the theme "Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies." According to the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2006, Uganda's maternal mortality rate stands at 435 per every 100,000 live births, most of

A PUPIL in western Uganda yesterday developed labour pains and gave birth to a bouncing baby moments after the social studies examination got underway.

CHARLES Ssali, an U-12 footballer, will represent Uganda at the launch of the 'United Against Malaria' campaign due in Ethiopia November 5-8.