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Health workers attend to a mother and her infant at the Mother and Child Hospital, in Kasoa, Ghana, on November 19, 2025.

Centering Women, Children, and Adolescents in Global Health Reform

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In an era of fiscal pressure, omission does not produce neutrality; it can produce retrenchment by default

A woman pushes a baby stroller, in Villa Soldati, Argentina, on September 16, 2024.

Argentina's Vital Statistics Show Health Backslides

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Argentina's uneven progress on mortality indicators could hide deeper health-care failures

Syrian Doctors Fight Infant Blindness After War

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Syrian American ophthalmologists are banding together to improve pediatric tests for retinopathy of prematurity

A nurse checks a premature baby at a maternity hospital, in Idlib, Syria, on February 27, 2020.

Cost-Effective Reforms to Save Mothers' Lives in Cambodia

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An OB-GYN and health administrator recounts how practical, inexpensive strategies improved maternal care at his rural hospital

Suang Sreang, 27, who is pregnant and due to give birth within days, waits to receive supplies at Wat Por Sovannaram refugee camp, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, on December 13, 2025.

A New Malaria Drug Can Treat Infants—If Health Systems Support It

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In July, Coartem Baby became the first approved malaria treatment for newborns and infants

Map of Africa shaded to show malaria mortality rates among children under 5, measured per 100,000 people in 2021. Darker red indicates higher mortality, with rates up to 500. The highest rates appear across West and Central Africa, with Burkina Faso marked as having the highest rate. Countries in northern and southern Africa are shaded light gray, indicating very low or no reported mortality. A legend in the top right shows the gradient from 0 (light gray) to 500 (dark red).

Islamophobia in the Delivery Room During a Crisis

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A new physician copes with death and colleagues' prejudice against a patient's cultural and religious identity

Islamophobia in the Delivery Room During a Crisis

How the U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Affects Low-Income Families

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Families living in poverty are making impossible trade-offs between food, rent, and essentials like formula and diapers

How the U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Affects Low-Income Families