Making a Healthier World for Women

Women’s health is often centered around maternal and reproductive health. This series expands on these ideas, from rural health care in the United States to transportation issues worldwide, to explore how much of global health is also women’s health.

A woman receives a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona. The picture shows a woman lying back on a hospital-type bed with her shirt pulled up exposing her late-term belly. The hands of a health care provider stretch a tape measure vertically across her belly.

The United States Has Mommy Issues

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The factors behind rising U.S. maternal mortality

A man pushes a cart to transport women in Najaf, Iraq.

It's a Man's Man's Man's World

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"But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing, without a woman or a girl." - James Brown

A spectator smokes a cigarette as she waits for the start of the Dubai World Cup racehorse at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on March 29, 2014. REUTERS/Caren Firouz

How Tobacco Advertising Woos Women

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The myth of "You've come a long way, baby" and other ploys to lure female smokers

Residents inspect a washed-out section of collapsed road after Hurricane Matthew hit the state, in North Carolina.

Our Infrastructure Should Make Us Healthier

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We can't #BuildForTomorrow without prioritizing health today.