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Innovations in healthcare aim to ease the life-threatening pressures affecting women
During a conflict or a time of crisis, mothers and their babies are at their most vulnerable, says Joanne Liu
The ‘Jungle’ camp may be demolished, but for the women and children crossing the continent the future is a blank
A project where mothers breastfeed early and hold their babies skin to skin aims to reduce neonatal deaths
From Cameroon’s kangaroo mother care to affordable health insurance in Nigeria
These are not ‘wicked problems’ without solutions, says Oona Campbell
Girls should be free to flourish on their own terms
Medical researchers and practitioners are working to reduce the number of surgical deliveries
As evidence grows of a link between the virus and microcephaly, poorer communities are the most vulnerable
Rights groups have denounced the draconian laws under which women can be put behind bars for aggravated murder
The end of the one-child policy has prompted an official effort to dissuade women from taking on the risk of caesarean births
To address the myriad causes for the high number of maternity-related deaths, the government must first gain the trust of its people
Social conservatism and a lack of sound advice from healthcare staff make many nursing Polish mothers feel like pariahs
Centuries-old traditions have trapped the population in a cycle of high birth and death rates and poverty
High fertility rates and an economic crisis are slowing progress on maternal health
Growing signs of public criticism risk slowing progress in reducing mortality
Continent’s young to make up almost half of world’s poor by 2030, study says
The maternal and infant health award went to a programme offering mobile health insurance
Governments need to stop conflict and invest in schools, sanitation and basic health
Funders must be matched with the right programmes and implementers to push further innovation
Longevity gains provide upbeat counterpoint to gloom enveloping the continent
Health workers fear worsening hygiene and overcrowding will cause spread of infection among refugees
Ebola and Zika are harbingers of an era in which pandemics will occur more frequently
Drug manufacturers are not only spending time developing new vaccines, but also on delivery methods
Experts in deprived tribal areas say pregnant women need more anti-malaria care
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