With only six years to go before the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, some countries have made encouraging ...

Nurses at the pilot training session in the new Simulation Lab - Centre of Excellence at Paropakar Maternity and Women's in Kathmandu. Photo: MALATI SHRESTHA / ONE HEART WORLDWIDE Turn off the hectic ...

WHO's campaign focuses on ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths, urging global collaboration and investment. Global maternal mortality declined by 40% from 2000 to 2023, but progress has ...

January 23, 2024, will mark the 8th Annual Maternal Health Awareness Day—the one day a year we come together to raise awareness about the country’s maternal morbidity crisis and how we can improve ...

Between FY18 and FY23, the World Bank has helped nearly 95 million women receive skilled attendance at birth across the globe, of which just over 60 percent were in the Africa region. This was ...

Rita Luthra is President of the Women's Health and Education Center and is Editor-in-Chief of the e-learning publication WomensHealthSection.com, which is dedicated to women's well-being and health ...