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Preterm births are associated with enduring trauma for mothers.

As amputee football continues to grow in Rwanda, it is creating a powerful space for healing, inclusion and self-acceptance — one match at a time.

Stories told from the people who were there #StandingRock The post Standing Rock: ‘It felt like every Indigenous person was there’ appeared first on ICT.

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims that the growing call for reparative justice for the transatlantic slave trade is driven by financial interests, particularly among African leaders.

Large philanthropies teamed up with national governments to commit $806 million towards preventing maternal and child deaths.  The Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation announced commitments of $200 million and $150 million, alongside pledges that either dwarfed … The post Gates joins public-private maternal and child health funding commitments  appeared first on All

At the Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand a coordinated approach to land rights. The post Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN appeared first on ICT.

[Liberian Observer] The government, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), has launched a high-level policy process aimed at tackling one of the most persistent challenges in its healthcare system: how to sustainably finance and retain the country's frontline health workers serving remote communities.

This story is republished through the Indigenous News Alliance. On the second day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, experts called attention to the ways Indigenous health is deeply tied to nature and highlighted how health inequalities are compounded by environmental degradation, extractive activities and climate change. The forum’s focus […]

Adolescent girls and young women are at the heart of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. They need to know their HIV status.