Health workers in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, say poor diets, little exercise and unsafe play spaces are putting adolescents at risk in a country already burdened by high obesity rates.

Many children consume sweets, snacks, and sugary drinks from a young age, contributing to the rising issue of obesity.

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The sound of a crying child is a sign of hope in a crowded displacement camp in southern Somalia — the most malnourished ...

Almost 80 percent of people in Africa's low-income countries are exposed to unsafe air, polluted water and degraded land, posing what a World Bank report has labelled a "triple threat" to health and ...

In the back of a 4X4, a nurse cleaned a gash in a boy's arm, picked up from living rough on the streets of Kinshasa, the ...

Imagine sitting in a classroom every day, struggling to follow what the teacher is saying. Not because you are distracted or not trying hard enough, but because you cannot hear properly.

At least 37 per cent of Kenyans are starving amid the country’s catastrophic food security crisis. The 2025 Global Hunger ...

Elderly women in rural areas contribute to society through unpaid care work, especially as childcare infrastructure is badly lacking, effectively subsidizing the state and private employers. They do ...

When 22-year-old Wendy Faith shared a Valentine’s Day kiss with 21-year-old Alesi Diana Denise in Uganda — a country infamous for enforcing some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws — the lives of ...

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar delivered a humorous swipe at India for their commanding T20 World Cup title ...

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