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Kelly and Ryan Breaux stand holding a portrait of their deceased daughter Emma Breaux, at their home in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, on June 16, 2016. The husband and wife lost twins, Emma and Talon, to different superbugs that they contracted while in the neonatal unit at Lafayette General Hospital.

With Antimicrobial Resistance, Women and Children Face Highest Risks

by Kelsey Barrett, Cherise Scott

One in five deaths from antimicrobial resistance involved a child younger than 5, and women face increased vulnerability

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A woman receives an ultrasound during a pop-up health clinic sponsored by WAWC Healthcare.

Addressing Mississippi's Maternal Health-Care Shortage

by Sarah Muthler

State regulations and payment systems have prevented the growth of freestanding birth centers

Changing Woman Initiative board and staff members, wearing traditional clothing from their respective tribes, connect with open hands to symbolize their acceptance of prayers and blessings.
Gender

Empowering Native Mothers Through Midwifery

A nurse-midwife from the Navajo Nation on why there's now enough data to advance Indigenous birthing policy

REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Gender

Bringing Personal Experience With Sexual and Reproductive Health to Work

by Nandita Thatte

How one woman’s experience with maternal care shaped her professional understanding

A woman wears a face mask and has the words "Freedom" written in blue paint on her forehead in Arabic. She takes part in a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 4, 2022.
Gender

The Toll of Violence on Women and Youth in Iran

by Behnaz Darban, Natasha Poulopoulos

A "pervasive trauma is seeping through Iran," affecting the mental health of women and children

Rukia Kondogoza, a cervical cancer patient, shares a bed in a female ward of a cancer institute in the capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on November 11, 2009.
Gender

The Path to Vaccinating the World Against HPV

by Kelly Compton, Annie Chan

Fewer required doses, more affordable vaccines

Ruqqayah Abubakar lies on a bed after being treated at an obstetric fistula repair centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria August 1, 2018.
Gender

Preventable but Prevalent: An Injury Affecting Millions of Mothers

by Susan K. Barnett

Two solutions that could help women in low-and middle-income countries

Plumes of black smoke rise up into the air behind a car as it passes the Lysychansk Oil Refinery after if was hit by a missile at Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, on April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Gender

Leaving Ukraine

by Susan K. Barnett

A story about helping people with disabilities escape the war in Ukraine

a cardboard signs reads "SCOTUS you have blood on your hands"
Gender

"Pregnant People Will Die as a Result of Overturning Roe v. Wade"

by Aileen Gariepy

A New York OB-GYN speaks out on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to end abortion access

A boy, suffering from an extensive burn injury, holds a pencil to write during a lesson inside his the classroom at a primary school in Zhuanji town, Anhui province, China, on November 15, 2011.
Poverty

A Burning Issue

by Laura Hoemeke, Joshua Korn, Natalie Meyers, Kiran Nakarmi

Every three seconds, someone around the world requires medical attention for burns

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the verdict restricting abortion rights in Warsaw, Poland, January 28, 2021.
Gender

Legal, Safe, and Affordable

by Samantha Kiernan

The state of global abortion access

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

Jiejin Qiu, six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local wedding photo studio in Shanghai on September 5, 2014—as China began easing its one-child policy. The photo shows the expecting mother floating underwater in a dream-like shot. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Gender

Data for Contraceptive Security Decision-Making

by Thidiane Ndoye, Michael A. Cohen

Newly launched interactive visualization tool will help measure and track access to contraceptives and guide programs

Going out in a storm is a tough choice. Here a woman braves a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 29, 2013. Far worse is the decision many face today whether to brave COVID-19 for other health care. The photo shows a woman with a baby on her back walking through a desert. The wind is blowing strongly, as evidenced by the billowing cloth on their heads. REUTERS/Joe Penney
Aging

Mothers, Children, and the Terrible Choice Between COVID-19 and Other Infections

by Chip Lyons, Chris Collins

Decisive action is required now to protect the most vulnerable from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during the pandemic