Leaders of 119 national parliaments have stated they will prioritise resources to improve

Expectant mothers who are slightly overweight and have a higher than average blood glucose level have been shown to have an increased risk of bad pregnancy outcomes.

It is vitally important that pregnant women lead a healthy lifestyle, as tests show that those with weight issues often experience complications during labour.

Premature birth rates, which are already a major factor in newborn mortality, appear to be rising.According to a new report, entitled Born Too Soon, one in ten babies around the world are born prematurely.

Inducing birth can cut the risk of newborn mortality significantly, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal.Scientists analysed 1.2 million births in Scotland between 1981 and 2007, looking specifically at births that were induced for non-medical reasons.

New scientific research has found there is a heightened risk of birth defects in infants conceived using infertility treatments. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, compared 302,811 pregnancies which included natural conceptions, as well as those achieved with IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and gamete intrafallopian transfers.

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Unicef has staged a special event designed to promote

A government official in Nigeria has warned

Nigeria's National Population Commission (NPC) has called for more reproductive education to be provided to women.According to Dr Festus Uzor, commissioner for Enugu State at the body, getting guidance on family planning would help females determine at what age they should become pregnant, reports Nigeria's This Day newspaper.