Multidimensional poverty in the country has steadily declined from 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, a study by the Ghana Statistical Service ...

The federal government has the ability to contact these people without unleashing fear into our communities,” a Portland City ...

Ghana said it had made progress in curbing poverty amid an improvement in households’ conditions of nutrition and education, ...

Families often turn instead to forest "prayer camps" and spiritual healers, driven by beliefs that mental illness is rooted ...

Oman’s population rose 1.7% to 5.36mn in 2025, with Omanis at 56.7% and growth recorded in all but one governorate.

Introduction Maternal and child mortality has markedly decreased worldwide over the past few decades. Despite this success, the decline remains unequal across countries and is overall insufficient to ...

Objectives Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of mortality in Nepal. Risk perception is crucial for the prevention of CVD-related behaviours. This study assessed CVD risk perceptions ...

Despite government efforts to boost fertility, China's birth rate fell to a record low in 2025.

Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Most families cite the costs ...

The population of the world’s second most populous country dropped by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.405 billion, a faster decline ...

It is late, the ward is crowded, and the clock is moving faster than everyone would like. A doctor has stabilized the patient ...

After more than 30 years of constitutional rule, Ghana’s democracy is under growing pressure from persistent unemployment, ...