Maternal Health

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

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

Humanitarian supplies wait at the Tienditas International Bridge in the border city of Cucuta, Colombia on February 21, 2019. Image: Lokman Ilhan/Anadolu Agency/Getty

When Our Valuation of Democracy Wavers

A maternity matron holds 2 baby girls, the first children conceived through IVF in Kenya, May 2006. Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty

Infertility as a Neglected Disease

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 mother nurses her newborn at the maternity ward of the Kailahun Government hospital on April 26, 2016, eastern Sierra Leone. Image: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty

Intimate Partner Violence Deters Breastfeeding

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