23rd June 2016
Dawlen Tirkey, a nurse who had just delivered a baby girl, was one of 45,000 Indian mothers to die after childbirth last year. In India, and elsewhere, the infant mortality numbers are even higher – but it doesn’t have to be ...
9th June 2016
Natasha Louise Penney had always been aware of blood donation. But when her 18-month-old son was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer, it took on a whole new meaning. Suddenly, all those “give blood” campaigns, which many of ...
2nd May 2016
Usually people don’t associate asthma with professional athletes, but 11-year-old kickboxing champion Nathan Kelly, aka Nate the Great, smashes that stereotype to pieces. Asthma is a condition that causes the air passages leading to and from the lungs to ...
25th April 2016
When a 16-year-old aid worker returned from Uganda feeling tired and ill, it took days to diagnose malaria and begin urgent treatment. The delay almost cost him his life. Feeling tired after a long-haul flight is what you can expect. ...
20th April 2016
In the small island nation of Sri Lanka, a midwifery training program founded in the 1880s by a revered native entrepreneur has evolved into a community health program that has taken maternal and infant mortality rates close to rich-country levels, ...
5th April 2016
Felix Brown is a football-mad kid from Bournemouth who received some bad news in January. It was a terrible shock for his entire family but Felix has reacted with wit, positivity and valuable insights – becoming a social media superstar in ...
31st March 2016
A nine-year-old girl from Bangladesh needs a €5,000 heart operation but her family’s income is just €70 per month. Now a charity is stepping in to provide less-invasive surgery – for free Fima has a hole in her heart. It causes palpitations ...
21st March 2016
“Say ‘Congratulations’, not ‘I’m Sorry’. This is the birth of a child, not a funeral. And the birth of a child always calls for congratulations.” That’s Rick Smith’s advice to friends and family when you tell them ...
17th March 2016
Samson Cheung and his wife knew something was off. Their baby son never responded when they said his name. Peek-a-boo with the bathtub curtain? A non-starter. Tests ruled out a hearing problem. When Cheung’s son was two, he was ...
15th March 2016
Genetic testing during pregnancy can reveal a rare disease before a baby is born, helping parents to prepare. But just how much information do parents want about their child? All children are unique but Olivia Farnsworth is a true one-off. ...