Boko Haram is increasingly using children in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The number of child bombers tripled in the first quarter of this year to 27 as compared to the same period last year, according to UNICEF.
In developing countries, teenage girls have the best chance of succeeding later in life if they avoid unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Both directly impact the health of girls and force them out of school. A new working paper from Cameroon shows evidence that simply talking about HIV can reduce teen pregnancy.
Conflict and climate change are creating a burgeoning hunger crisis in west and central Africa. With funds being shifted to…
Violence wrought by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has closed more than 2,000 schools and kept 1 million children out…
Pneumonia may be the leading killer of children, but that doesn’t mean it is a priority for global health spending.…
The disaster following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines rightly has dominated the global twenty-four hour news cycle. Humanosphere has devoted…