maternal health

Blessing Abosede with her son Iyanu. Abiodun Jamiu

Maternal Health

In Nigeria, Hospitals Are Unlawfully Detaining Newborns to Force Payment of Medical Bills

Young mothers care for their babies inside a maternity ward in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya on November 7, 2022. Photo by: Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty

Maternal Health

This Widely Available Antibiotic Could Save Millions of Moms

Javed Ahmed Padroo displays a photo of his wife, Ruqiya Javed, on his cellphone. Anantnag, Kashmir, April 21.

Maternal Health

In Kashmir, Pregnant Women Were Denied Care over COVID-19 Fears

Zahoor Ahmed Bhat stands outside his house in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir with the stretcher that his wife, Shakeela AkhterAkhter died on before she could get to an emergency maternal health care center. Image by Aliya Bashir.

Maternal Health

In Kashmir, Coronavirus Pushed Already-Broken Maternal Health over the Brink

Eliot Rojas, his wife, and Romina in the hospital before she had her C-Section. Image Courtesy of Eliot Rojas.

Maternal Health

Doctors Push C-Sections in Chile, but Women Are Pushing Back

Danilea Villegas and her children. Image: Paige Sutherland

Maternal Health

Profit over Patients: C-Sections in Chile Reach Alarming High

Puvirnituq Town, Nunavik, Canada

When COVID-19 Hit, Nunavik’s Midwives Delivered

A mother and her newborn who was delivered at the Inukjuak Maternity amidst rising COVID-19 restriction in Nunavik, Quebec, September 2020. Image by Patrice Latka.

The Midwives with Mettle in Nunavik

This labor and delivery room has no water. CREDIT: Haik Kocharian

Health Care Facilities Are Everyone’s Frontline

A mother at Kakuma District Hospital, Kenya, is happy that her child is HIV-free, thanks to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. Eric Bond/Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation 2019.

Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Is Creeping Back—Here’s How to Stop It

A paramedical teacher in Kolkata, India instructs students on how to draw blood. © 2015 Dipayan Bhar, Courtesy of Photoshare

Humility: A Global Health Professional’s Most Important Attribute

Iginia Badillo delivered her child at Huasca Health Center under the care of midwifery interns supported by the FCI program of MSH. Image: Pablo Romo, Courtesy of Management Sciences for Health

Saving Lives at Birth Starts with Quality Care, Everywhere