Reversing the low birth rate
The government has recently improved maternity benefits, but will this encourage couples to have more children? New government measures to fight falling birth rates...
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Ukrainian surrogates leave babies in north amid Covid confusion
Fourteen Ukrainian surrogate mothers left babies behind in the north as agencies from Ukraine set up shop in legal grey-areas and shoddy, make-shift hospitals, international...
Cyprus among countries with lowest birth rate
Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest birth rates in the world, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. The report published...
Coronavirus: babies ‘not in danger’ at children’s hospital
All newborn babies at Makarios children’s hospital were being tested for the coronavirus after a male nurse working at the ICU was found positive, a...
Cyprus has third lowest birth rate in the EU
Cyprus and Greece have the third and fourth lowest fertility rates in the EU with 1.32 and 1.35 births per woman, a Eurostat report published...
Limassol’s giant nappy breaks Guinness record
With a length of 5.05 metres and width of 2.9 metres, a giant nappy was put on display in Limassol on Sunday afternoon in a...
More than half of newborns not breastfed in first hour raising health risks: UNICEF
More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United...
Nurses call for neonatal ICU in Limassol, say overcrowding poses risk at Makarios hospital
NURSES union PASYNO called on Tuesday for the creation of an intensive care unit for premature babies in Limassol as the one at the Makarios...
Gift of love: urgent appeal for baby goods
By Bejay Browne ORGANISERS of the Gift of Love appeal are desperate for the public to step in and help with this year’s campaign. The...
China to allow all couples two children to counter aging population
By Megha Rajagopalan and Koh Gui Qing China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of the...
