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    More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say

    UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the attraction in a joint assertion to mark the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week, noticed yearly from 1-7 August. “When moms obtain the help they should breastfeed their infants, everybody advantages. Improving breastfeeding charges may save over 820,000 youngsters’s lives every year, […] More

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    Giving an antibiotic to all children under 5 in Africa would save lives, researchers say

    Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When UC San Francisco analysis confirmed that routinely treating youngsters in Sub-Saharan Africa with a standard antibiotic might scale back deaths in youngsters underneath 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved rapidly to advocate the remedy—however just for infants between 1 and 11 months previous. Now, UCSF researchers have proven that […] More

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    How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum’s life

    A mother-of-three has shared how Deborah James helped save her life from bowel most cancers. Lyndsey Ainscough, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was identified with stage 3 most cancers after experiencing signs for quite a lot of months. She instructed BBC Breakfast she sought medical consideration after seeing bowel most cancers campaigner Dame Deborah on […] More