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The Economics Behind Nigeria's Midwife Exodus

The Economics Behind Nigeria's Midwife Exodus

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Between 2017 and 2022, more than 57,000—about 30%—of Nigeria's nurses and midwives left

Empowering Native Mothers Through Midwifery

Empowering Native Mothers Through Midwifery

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A nurse-midwife from the Navajo Nation on why there's now enough data to advance Indigenous birthing policy

Modernizing Traditional Maternal Care in Guatemala

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Aiding traditional Comadronas to provide quality care to indigenous mothers

Modernizing Traditional Maternal Care in Guatemala

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

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How the Hospital Padrino strategy is bringing care to underserved communities

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

Alabama's Growing Health Equity Divide

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The emergence of maternity deserts are causing lasting challenges for Black mothers

A pregnant woman stands in her kitchen.

Preventable but Prevalent: An Injury Affecting Millions of Mothers

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Two solutions that could help women in low-and middle-income countries

Preventable but Prevalent: An Injury Affecting Millions of Mothers

Islamophobia in the Delivery Room During a Crisis

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A new physician copes with death and colleagues' prejudice against a patient's cultural and religious identity

Islamophobia in the Delivery Room During a Crisis

Kenya and Maternal Health: Delivering Results

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Pregnant parents face obstacles in accessing and receiving quality maternal health services

Kenya and Maternal Health: Delivering Results

North Carolina's New Strategy to Tackle Maternal Mortality

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Black women are more likely to die in childbirth, but doula services could save lives

North Carolina's New Strategy to Tackle Maternal Mortality

Violence Against Women

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Addressing the most shameful human rights violation

A demonstrator takes part in a march to mark International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 8, 2021.

The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa

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Deaths from health-care disruptions due to COVID-19 are almost certain to outnumber deaths from the coronavirus itself

Education in Africa is being disrupted along with everything else—chickens here in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, on August 28, 2020. Picture shows a large gaggle of chickens inside a classroom, clucking around. One stands atop an overturned bucket. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Falling Through the Cracks: COVID-19 and the Rise of Maternal Deaths in Africa

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Africa's unified pandemic response has saved lives, but reduced access to routine services puts women's health in danger

A woman walks past a graffiti promoting the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a striking photo of a woman in a blue dress wearing a facemask walking past a peach-colored wall with a graffiti of the Earth, also wearing a facemask, with bloodshot eyes and crying. REUTERS/Baz Ratner