No sleep for Congolese Mothers Trying to Save their Girls from Rape
Officially, sexual violence has declined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dubbed the ‘rape capital of the world’. But frontline workers tell a different story.
Tracking Newborn Outcomes in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Despite recent progress in reducing deaths among children under age 5 years, a significant number of infants continue to die in the first month of life, exceeding 2.8 million worldwide. The highest rates of neonatal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. And yet, while neonatal mortality data (and other newborn outcomes data) is historically […]