After two years of data silence, the Venezuelan Health Ministry released public health figures revealing an alarming rise in infant and maternal mortality rates.
An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of thousands of women who die each year from severe bleeding after childbirth – the leading cause of maternal death worldwide, according to new study.
Fewer mothers die from childbirth today than did 25 years ago. But the number is not nearly as low as…
Ongoing conflict in Syria dominates the headlines as the Islamic State (ISIL) advances. The hysteria over this newest terror threat…
Midwife training in northern Nigeria. Some 73 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are responsible for 96% of global…
Two studies published today in The Lancet, both of them led by researchers at the University of Washington, report a…
In today’s post, we’ll use Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) data to explore how much progress countries have made in two key health MDGs, 4 and 6, the former focused on reducing child mortality and the latter on halting the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.
A mother plays with her young son in Mwea, Kenya.Gates Foundation Innovators gathered in Washington DC to show off their…
BBC It’s a safe bet. Sending cardboard boxes to poor countries will be the next big global child health initiative. The…
Melinda Gates was there. Supermodel Christy Turlington was there. So were a thousand or two others, Seattle’s young humanitarians who…