Children
From the affect under resourced hospitals have on children’s health to what life is like for a child orphaned by AIDS, KCs document the experiences of young people living in their communities.
They also report the day-to-day experiences of children and young people living with TB, HIV, STIs and other health issues, as well as examining the everyday reality of teenager pregnancy and young marriage.
KCs also report news of health initiatives for children and the success and failures of existing child-focused healthcare schemes.
Hospital births move has halved newborn deaths in China
From www.bbc.co.uk
A campaign encouraging women in China to give birth in hospital has cut newborn deaths by half, says a study in The Lancet. go
Blood infections, a silent killer in newborn babies
From allafrica.com
FINELA Asiimwe, a first-time mother, had made arrangements to deliver from a main hospital, but things did not go as the 26-year-old had planned. “Labour began in the middle of the night and I could not find transport to the hospital. My mother called in a midwife to help,” she recalls. A week later, the baby developed a fever, became irritable and refused to breastfeed. When Asiimwe took the baby to hospital, it was diagnosed with septicaemia. go
Ugandan expectant mothers urged to attend antenatal care
Expectant mothers in the Eastern Uganda district of Soroti have been cautioned against missing antenatal sessions, reports KC James Odong. more
Talent Chifamba
Talent Chifamba, a disabled girl from rural Zimbabwe, who is struggling with buying sanitary ware for her menstrual cycles due to poverty. She is now receiving support from non governmental organization Sustainable Livelihoods who are including her in a pilot project to help girls make their own sanitary pads. more
Big drop in children under five dying, says UN report
From www.bbc.co.uk
The number of children under five who die each year has plummeted from 12 million in 1990, to 7.6 million last year, the UN says. go
Youth and women affected most by HIV stigma in South Sudan, says counselor
Youth and women are most susceptible to HIV and AIDS stigma in South Sudan, a counselor has said. KC Mandera reports. more
Bereaved parents die of ‘broken heart’
From www.bbc.co.uk
Parents who lose a baby before its first birthday are more likely to die early themselves, according to a study.
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Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Children Living with HIV in Africa
From www.aidstar-one.com
This technical brief describes promising practices in critical services related to the psychological and social wellbeing of perinatally-infected children (aged 0-12 years) in Africa. These include the identification, testing, and counseling of children so that they are linked to appropriate support as early as possible, as well as the provision of on-going psychosocial support to help children and their families manage disclosure, stigma and grief and bereavement processes. go