To mark World Down Syndrome Day 2016, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa is focusing this week’s #MaternalMonday campaign on women empowerment for improvement of maternal health and wellbeing. Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. While there are no known behaviour or environmental risk factors leading to Down syndrome, the advanced age of parents significantly influences the occurre