Tag: child care

Central African Republic: “To be born or to give birth is to take a risk”: maternal and child health as a forgotten emergency

January 16, 2023

Decades of instability and armed violence in Central African Republic (CAR) have contributed to essential medical care being out of reach for many pregnant women and newborn babies. Overshadowed by the security situation in the country, tackling this everyday emergency...

Afghanistan: Revolting attack on maternity ward kills pregnant women and babies

May 13, 2020

KABUL – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is devastated after yesterday’s sickening attack on pregnant women, mothers and their babies at our maternity ward in Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. While pregnant women and babies, in one of life’s most...