Ukrainians say they were pressured to register babies as Russian during occupation
Kherson, Ukraine Reuters The moment her grand-daughter was born, Olha Lukina, 65, rushed to a registry office. It was one of the last still providing Ukrainian citizenship for newborns in the southern city of Kherson which was then under Russian occupation. Baby Kateryna became Ukraine’s newest citizen that day in May, born into one of […]
Postcards: Born in a war – Kyiv maternity hospital carries on under siege
MEHMET EMIN CALISKAN, of Reuters, reports on how new life is arriving in the midst of a conflict…
Afghan women breastfeed babies who lost their mothers in ‘devastating’ attack
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation After militants stormed a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul and killed young women and their babies, Kaamila Sahar felt compelled to help. As a young mother herself, she decided to breastfeed the infants whose own mothers had been killed or injured. Kaamila Sahar, a volunteer helping to nurse babies, holds […]
UNICEF calls for more action to ensure newborns survive first days
With almost 386,000 babies expected to be born on the first day of 2018, UNICEF has urged the world to do more to ensure they survive their first days of life. While many of the babies will survive, the UN Children’s Fund noted that during 2016 an estimated 2,600 children died within 24 hours of […]