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African women take the lead to end female genital mutilation and early child marriage in Africa through the strategic launch of the Big Sister Movement A press release distributed by APO Group on behalf of Safe Hands for Girls states that in Africa, 6,000 girls are mutilated everyday, 200...

Motivational speaker Criselda Dudumashe has been a source of inspiration for many people leading positive lives with HIV and on Tuesday reflected on how she was told she had two years to live. Criselda took to social media to reflect on the 19-year journey she has been on as...

Cyber bullying can be described as the use of cell phones, instant messaging, email or social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to harass, threaten and intimidate someone. Back in the day, bullying used to be on the playgrounds of schools or in the case of high school...

A round up of recent research which suggests everyday lifestyle changes that you can make to reduce your breast cancer risk.1. GET MOVING A US study which looked at 1.4 million participants found that a higher level of physical activity could lower the risk of 13 different types of cancers, including...

Gabrielle Union opened up about her struggles with infertility in her book We’re Going to Need More Wine. “I have had eight or nine miscarriages,” Union writes in the book, which was previewed in People. “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I’ve either...

There are lots of stereotypes and misconceptions about how cancer patients look like, act and feel like. This article aims to dispel these myths. Everyone’s experience with cancer may be different. For someone who has just been diagnosed, it can be scary to not know what to expect. Will...

Estimates suggest that out of the 140 million people in the world whose clitorises have been removed via Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 100 million are African. Three million African girls and women are at risk of undergoing the procedure annually. The countries with the highest rates are Sudan and Somalia, which...

Dr. Emmanuella Amoako has dedicated her life to children born with cleft conditions although she did not study as a pediatrician. She earned her medical degree in Ukraine but she hadn’t sought to become a pediatrician. Rather, it was after she returned home to Ghana that pediatrics found her. New doctors...

We are told to be kind; to give and to sacrifice, to sympathize and to forgive. To make the world a better place for everyone. And all of this is grand. But as you do these things for everyone, you shouldn’t forget to do them for yourself. You shouldn’t...