The teen birth rate in the United States of America has been steadily falling, reaching a historic low over time with less than 18 births per 1,000 females aged between 15 and 19.
A $100 million initiative will provide health workers in India and Uganda with smartphones and tablets to access affordable data analytic tools that help save mothers’ and babies’ lives.
The world could save around a billion dollars a day if women were to breastfeed more, avoiding 820,000 infant deaths as well as ovarian and breast cancer for mothers.