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a gradient map showing where stillbirths are most common

A Stillbirth Every 10 Seconds

by Haley Comfort, Theresa A. McHugh

A new study estimates global stillbirths down to 20 weeks' gestation

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Surrogate mothers (L-R) Daksha, 37, Renuka, 23, and Rajia, 39, pose for a photograph inside a temporary home for surrogates provided by Akanksha IVF centre in Anand town, south of of Ahmedabad, India.

How to Save Mothers

by Anoushka Arora, Vidhi Wadhwani, Siddhesh Zadey

Addressing perinatal depression can improve pregnant women’s mental health     

a child in an orange puffer jacket pushes their friend on a wooden swing in the snow
Migration

The War in Ukraine Has Harmed Children

by Caroline Kapp

Russia’s war is rooted in concepts of identity and nationality

holds her newborn child, Malaki, after giving birth in the Family Birth Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2022.
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Diabetes in Pregnancy Is On the Rise Among South Asian Women in the United States

by Tulika Rastogi

As the nation diversifies, why a "one-size-fits-all" approach won’t work for treating gestational diabetes

A young woman wearing a white shirt is photographed from behind holding her baby weraing a gray jumper
Gender

Kenya and Maternal Health: Delivering Results

by Erica Yuen

Pregnant parents face obstacles in accessing and receiving quality maternal health services

A mother in a blue shirt and orange head wrap breastfeeds her newborn as she sits next to her partner, who wears a white collared shirt as he fawns over the child. The two sit in front of a window with green metalwork in a well-lit white hospital room.
Food

How AI Is Transforming Maternal Health Care in Vietnam

by Linh Nguyen

Southeast Asia is harnessing technology to equip parents with better information about childhood nutrition

A young woman with dark hair in a black coat and white mask holds a black phone in one hand and covers part of her face with the other. She looks serious as she sits on grey stone steps in Warsaw, Poland.
Gender

Poland's New 'Pregnancy Registry' Raises Red Flags

by Lillian Posner

Some women feel their privacy and autonomy are on the line

A baby in a blue coat plays with an artificial yellow sunflower. The colors evoke the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.
Food

Breastfeeding Babies During War

by Allison Daniel

Parents from Ukraine and other countries in crisis struggle to breastfeed and formula feed their children

A mother with long brown hair reads the label of a formula can in front of partially-empty grocery store shelves amid a nationwide shortage in Houston, Texas, on May 19, 2022.
Food

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

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

Mothers nurse their children to mark the World Breastfeeding Week to promote global support for breastfeeding in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico August 4, 2018
Governance

Exclusive Breastfeeding Faces Continued Challenges in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

by Natalia V. Bhattacharjee, Lauren E. Schaeffer

Only six LMICs are projected to meet the WHO's Global Nutrition Target of 70 percent or greater EBF prevalence by 2030

A demonstrator takes part in a march to mark International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 8, 2021.
Gender

Violence Against Women

by Cory Spencer, Jack Cagney, Emmanuela Gakidou

Addressing the most shameful human rights violation

A woman walks past a graffiti promoting the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a striking photo of a woman in a blue dress wearing a facemask walking past a peach-colored wall with a graffiti of the Earth, also wearing a facemask, with bloodshot eyes and crying. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Falling Through the Cracks: COVID-19 and the Rise of Maternal Deaths in Africa

by Marleen Vellekoop, Meshack Acholla, Julia Hanne

Africa’s unified pandemic response has saved lives, but reduced access to routine services puts women’s health in danger