Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to 'eat for two' when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by NICE on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy...

African leaders focused on the theme of the 15th African Union (AU) Summit on Sunday: maternal and infant mortality on the continent, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports (7/26). Leaders expressed concern that women continue to face health challenges that are easily treatable, according to Daily Nation/allAfrica.com...

Kyrgystan Asks For $1.2B In Aid To Rebuild Country "Kyrgyzstan's government appealed to an international donors conference Tuesday for $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild the country after months of political and ethnic violence," the Associated Press reports. The conflict "ravaged major markets and businesses, depriving the south of important sources of employment and economic development...