Protesters are calling for the prohibition of electroshock therapy (ECT) commonly used by Canadian psychiatrists on patients with severe depression.

The protest, led by Sue Clark-Wittenberg and members of the International Campaign to Ban Electroshock, was held in Ottawa on Sunday

Nordic countries dominate the top while countries in sub-Saharan Africa dominate the bottom levels of the best and worst places to be a mother and a child.

The Mother's Index of US-based global humanitarian organization Save the Children highlighted in the organization's State of the World's Mothers 2008 report compares the well-being of mothers and children in 146 countries

Researchers of McGill University have found an HIV test using saliva to be effective in preventing pregnant Indian mothers from passing the virus to their newborns.

The OraQuick test, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2004, lets doctors know within 20 minutes if a laboring pregnant mom is HIV-infected. The early detection of infection allows doctors to immediately administer anti-retroviral drugs to HIV-exposed infants, a method proven effective in preventing infection of babies from the virus that causes AIDS

Nearly all babies born to HIV positive mothers can be free from the deadly disease if appropriate treatment is given to a woman in her pregnancy, a new study shows.

Nearly 99 percent of babies were born uninfected if recommended interventions were followed during pregnancy, University College London said in a study

At least 10 million children under age five die annually from treatable ailments, mostly in developing countries, because they lack basic health care needs, a U.S.-based non-profit organization said Wednesday.

According to Save the Children, poor children face the risk of dying at a younger age compared to children in wealthier countries