Maternal, newborn, and child health

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  1. Three women wearing head scarves with red cross insignia and smiling.
    March 6, 2014

    3 reasons investing in women’s health is smart

    Our Chief Strategy Office Amie Batson has the reasons behind a surprising finding: when we focus on improving life for women, we improve life for everybody.
  2. Man wearing gloves pricks a young girl's finger to test for malaria.
    February 27, 2014

    How can a government policy help save lives?

    Zambia incorporates newborn care into its national strategy for managing childhood illness. Will the move help save babies?
  3. A woman and four chldren sit on a bench in front of a railing.
    October 25, 2013

    Access to family planning a human rights issue

    It’s estimated that more than 200 million women worldwide who want products to help them plan their families lack access to contraceptives. In advance of the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa next month, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu writes this week about his country’s progress in providing access to family planning tools, the reasons behind the great demand for them, and the work yet to be done.
  4. Ten smiling children pose in front of a brown wall.
    October 4, 2013

    Will child survival keep going up?

    As the UN General Assembly wound up late last week, global health thinkers pondered the extent of our success in reaching UN Millennium Development Goals that call for increased survival of children. Some, such Dr. Michael H. Merson, founding director of the Duke Global Health Institute, see the numbers of childhood deaths as potentially stalling after a sharp decline. Others, such as New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, think childhood survival numbers will continue to improve. Both, however, insist more needs to be done.