Maternal Health

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

Young women from the activists group “We are 2074” marching to demand justice for indigenous women who were forcibly sterilized decades ago. May 10, 2016, Lima, Peru.

Family Planning

Contraceptive Coercion Still Happens

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

A teen girl presents her case at a debate on contraception at the Billian Music Family Resource & Leadership Centre in Mathare Informal Settlement on July 10, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. Image: Alissa Everett/Getty

Surprising Data on Contraception Needs & Use During COVID-19

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

Loyce Pace at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, May 22, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

Loyce Pace’s Path to the Biden-Harris Transition Team