Lifesaving maternal health services are so close, yet so far for pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest metropolis. Dr. Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, AXA Fellow now at The University of Greenwich, discusses the challenges that urban women face in accessing emergency obstetric care in sub-Saharan Africa and how to tackle the issues.

Southern Weekly collaborated with AXA Tianping to conduct a survey on the current state of play and study the needs of healthy family lifestyles in twelve first- and second-tier cities, based on data collected by Ipsos. This research explores families’ attitudes towards healthy living in different cities in China. It aims to analyze and learn about family health management behavior and their impact on self-confidence, to provide meaningful guidance on how to engage the general public to promote a healthy lifestyle.

It has been two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Despite often harsh preventative measures and the remarkably swift development and rollout of new vaccines, the disease remains with us and continues to take a heavy toll. As such, it’s a key factor in AXA’s Mind Health Study, with mental wellbeing considered in almost every country to be the second-biggest casualty of the pandemic behind the economy.

The innovation and growth witnessed in the biotech sector over the past two decades have been extraordinary. Together they have created a spate of exciting potential investment opportunities – and we expect the industry’s strong growth prospects to continue into 2022 and beyond.