Health

Must Reads

• Democratic Republic of Congo

  Key Component of Traditional Medicine in Short Supply

  In DRC, where health care facilities are scarce and often inaccessible, many residents rely on traditional medicine — but one essential ingredient is getting harder to find.

  By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
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  Zimbabwe

  Their Faith Prohibited Vaccinations. Then Measles Killed Their Children.

  By Evidence Chenjerai
• Uganda

  Children Pay the Price as Life’s Demands Interfere With Breastfeeding

  As fewer Ugandan mothers follow WHO guidance for six months of exclusive breastfeeding, newborns are at risk of infections, stunted growth and malnutrition.

  By Apophia Agiresaasi