Child & Adolescent Health

Local teenagers participate in a "Die In" to draw attention to gun violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14. Spencer Platt/Getty

Child & Adolescent Health

It’s Time to Rethink How We Perceive Teens, says Philly Health Commissioner

A woman at Akinlapa oil farm filters the fresh palm fruits. Abiodun Jamiu

Local Reporting Initiative

Delicious and Nutritious: The Unrealized Potential of Red Palm Oil

Various products with black octagonal symbols warning against high amounts of sugar, salt, calories or saturated fatty acids lie on a bench.

Child & Adolescent Health

Food Marketing is Violating Children’s Rights—Low- and Middle-Income Countries are Leading the Charge to Regulate It

A baby who is suffering from respiratory disease receives treatment inside at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 24, 2021. Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Child & Adolescent Health

How to Reduce Child Deaths After Hospital Discharge

A girl finds her way to school on an early morning in Kibera Slums. Image: Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty

Child & Adolescent Health

Rights Denied: Adolescent Girls and Sexual Health: Our Untold Stories Contest Winner

Teens holding a banner for Gay Straight Alliance at the Gay Pride Parade on 'Ocean Drive'. Image: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group

The Deleterious Impact of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

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

Midwives in Tijuana, Mexico receive clinical support via Zoom. Screenshot courtesy of Xin She

The Untold Global Health Story of 2021: The Midwives of Tijuana

Manual garbage dumping is common in Bangladesh despite the dangers to human health. Many children have no other choice but to search landfills for food. Halishahar, Chattogram, Aug. 27, 2019. Image: Shahriar Farzana.

Pictures of Public Health in Bangladesh

Mosquito control volunteers in Senegal visit members of their community to count sleeping places for distribution of mosquito nets. Courtesy, President's Malaria Initiative, 2012. Image: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty

It’s Time for African Youth to Advance the Fight against Malaria

A child at the Makerere University of Public Health in Kampala is fitted with a "smart jacket" that diagnoses pneumonia faster than a doctor. Image: Isaac Kasamani/AFP/Getty

Global Forum Renews Political Will on Childhood Pneumonia