To implement the Spotlight Initiative project supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Medica Liberia has commenced training 200 Grassroots Women’s Rights Advocates with Montserrado and Grand Cape Mount Counties.
The period of breastfeeding for a mother is not just a moment of bonding for her and her baby. It is also a time to create lasting memories. According to World Health Organization, breastmilk is the perfect food for a newborn. They recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, then up to two years and beyond while introducing additional foods. Though, due to many factors, such as a mother combining work and nursing her baby, getting breast milk readily available may be challenging. However, with Elvie’s breast pump invention, breast milk pumping has been made a whole lot easier.
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“No, Jake, you will have to visit your cousin tomorrow. Right now, it’s snowing, and it’s cold outside. Let’s do that tomorrow, okay?” I thought I had just finished talking to my 5-year-old boy for the fourth time. Here he is again, crying that he wants to see Derick, his cousin. I am cut in between yelling at him or just ignoring him.
“I don’t believe in failure, and I don’t believe in competition. The only time you can fail is when you stop, and the only person you should consider competition is who you were yesterday.” By Jess Goldsmith Award-winning multi-disciplinary illustrator.
When Claire Karekezi started medical school in 2002, neurosurgery did not exist in Rwanda, but she is now the first and only female neurosurgeon in the country.
Having long dominated Olympic athletics, Kenya has marshalled its oenological talent to compete in the wine world’s equivalent.
South Africa will bid for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup to bring the event to Africa for the first time.
