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holds her newborn child, Malaki, after giving birth in the Family Birth Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2022.

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

by Tulika Rastogi

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

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An archival Chinese Cultural Revolution poster reads, "If You Want to Prosper, You Must Control The Population,” promoting China's former one-child plan.

Abortion in China

Writer Leta Hong Fincher reflects on abortion, women's rights, and the resilient feminist movement in China

A newborn Congolese baby yawns inside the maternity ward at the Kapangu maternity health centre in Kaniki-Kapangu, in Kasai Oriental Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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In Kansas, Health Care Is Failing Pregnant Women Who Are Refugees

by Taylor Cusick

"Appointments were fraught with the silence of uncomfortable providers"

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic

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
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How to Save the Lives of Women and Girls in Africa

by Edinah Masiyiwa

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

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
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Healthy Birth—and Then What?

by Jason Socrates Bardi

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

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai on March 27, 2014. The image is striking with a large, artistic image behind a woman who is walking and holding a child. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Human Development is the Best Contraceptive—Why India Does Not Need a Two-Child Norm

by Poonam Muttreja

Key to harnessing potential of India is enhancing capabilities of young people and expanding freedoms of girls and women

A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo's al-Shaar district on July 10, 2014. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. The photo shows a boy leaping in mid-air into a water-filled hole. The water is muddy brown, and two other boys can be seen swimming in the hole with their heads bobbing out. Surrounding them is rubble. This is a powerful image. REUTERS/Hosam Katan
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Baby in a Bomb Shelter

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Oscar nominated documentary “For Sama” gives powerful if gruesome glimpse of what it’s like to raise a kid in a war zone