Figures from the latest District Health Barometer, released at the end of April, show that newborn deaths are rising in South ...

People are having fewer babies in South Africa, leading to a decline in the birth rate. Between 2023 and 2024, there was a drop of more than 60,000 births. This declining trend has been steady since ...

Newborn deaths in South Africa are low but rising, and maternal deaths are high and not coming down fast enough. That’s what ...