India: 10 newborn babies killed in hospital blaze
Emergency services and staff were unable to reach the babies in time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the tragedy "heart-wrenching."…
Seven babies die in one night at Zimbabwe hospital due to staff crisis
Seven out of eight babies are delivered stillborn in a single night at a Zimbabwean hospital. Maternity staff say that things have become increasingly dire in the country as healthcare is impacted…
How 68-year-old Margaret Adenuga and husband Noah , 70 delivered of a set of twins
68-year-old Margaret Adenuga and husband Noah, 70 have been delivered of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. Lagos, Nigeria. The woman was pregnant for the first time following an…
300 babies die in war zones every day, Save the Children reports
Some 300 babies worldwide die every day due to the effects of war, Save the Children has estimated in an analysis focused on 2017. Nearly one-in-five children — about 420 million —…
First baby born via uterus transplanted from dead donor
Eleven babies have been born through uterine transplants of live donors, but no births had ocurred from a uterus of a deceased donor. The mother became pregnant seven months after the transplant…
Spain: ‘Stolen babies’ scandal finally goes to trial
In Spain, tens of thousands of babies were stolen from their parents under the Franco dictatorship and as late as the 1990s. The infants were sold to people who had difficulty having…
Twelve babies killed in Iraqi hospital fire
Twelve premature babies have died in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward of a Baghdad hospital overnight.…