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A woman holds her baby at the Sanctum Hospice and Care Home, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on January 26, 2023.

The Mysterious Rise in Canada's Maternal Mortality

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A Lancet study charts global maternal mortality, spotting an unexplained increase in Canada

How to Save Mothers

How to Save Mothers

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Addressing perinatal depression can improve pregnant women's mental health

Guatemala's Forgotten Voices

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Children who were fraudulently adopted share their stories

Guatemala's Forgotten Voices

Loretta Lynn and Beyond: Reproductive Rights in Country and Folk Music

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A slideshow of songs highlighting the once taboo topics of birth control, virginity, and divorce in rural America

Loretta Lynn and Beyond: Reproductive Rights in Country and Folk Music

Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

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As the nation diversifies, why a "one-size-fits-all" approach won't work for treating gestational diabetes

Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

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

Exclusive Breastfeeding Faces Continued Challenges in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Only six LMICs are projected to meet the WHO's Global Nutrition Target of 70 percent or greater EBF prevalence by 2030

Mothers nurse their children to mark the World Breastfeeding Week to promote global support for breastfeeding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico August 4, 2018

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

An Improbable Success in a Troubled Region

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The Ouagadougou Partnership in Francophone West Africa advances access to family planning for health and development

Helping youth directly address their leaders: Mariam Abou Gado, Ouagadougou Partnership Youth Ambassador in Niger, meets with President Issoufou of Niger to discuss recommendations on family planning. The photo shows a smiling Miriam shaking hands with the president. PHOTO courtesy of EtriLabs/Yves Tamomo

The U.S. Government's Role in Addressing Global Women's Health

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What will happen to women and girls in low- and middle-income countries in the future as aid stalls and progress slows?

Young girls holding U.S. and Kenyan flags wait to greet U.S. Ambassador Robert Godec at a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) project for girls' empowerment in Nairobi on Mar 10, 2018. The photo shows four girls from the stomach down holding flags. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How to Save the Lives of Women and Girls in Africa

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African governments must follow through on their lofty declarations and allocate national budgets to save women's lives

Women wait in line during a UNICEF supported mobile health clinic in the village of Rubkuai in Unity State, South Sudan on February 16, 2017. Picture shows five women in a line with more lined up on the other side of them. The three women in the middle are standing very close, and the third has her arms around the shoulders of the second, suggesting they all know each other. This photo is moving in its simple, straightforward humanity. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

Healthy Birth—and Then What?

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Women in sub-Saharan Africa who give birth in health care facilities may not always receive high quality postpartum care

A woman holds her newborn in a nursery at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan on Apr 3, 2013, which had one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates then at 2,054 per 100,000 live births. Photo shows a woman looking adoringly on her baby, who rests in her lap. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu