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In Kenya, these interventions are decreasing maternal mortality

In five years, a Kenyan county with one of the highest maternal mortality numbers nationwide has changed its fortunes.

Al Jazeera · Dec 13, 2022

‘Hungry for days’: Drought’s cruel toll on pregnant Somali women

Somalia is grappling with its worst drought in 40 years; it’s taking a toll on women’s and girls’ reproductive health.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

United Nations leaders call for 'rapid decoupling' from fossil fuels as global population hits 8 billion people

United Nations leaders are calling for a "rapid" move away from fossil fuels and emissions in order for the global population to thrive in coming years.

ABC News · Nov 15, 2022

It's a bleak 'Day of the Girl' because of the pandemic. But no one's giving up hope

The United Nations established the Day of the Girl a decade ago to address issues that affect girls' rights: education, teen pregnancy, child marriage. Steady progress has been made. Then came COVID.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2022

Floods Affect 150,000 Women in Yemen, 200,000 Others at Risk

Women and girls in Yemen suffer the harshest fallout from the severe funding shortfall of the Humanitarian Rapid Response Mechanism and the floods that struck most of the refugee camps in several governorates, recent UN reports revealed. Of the 4.3 million people displaced within Yemen, more than three-quarters are women…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022

‘The hospital has nothing’: Pakistan’s floods put pregnant women in danger

A third of the country is under water and a UN fund says almost 650,000 women in affected areas need maternity services

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022

Women stranded in Pakistan floods take risky trips to give birth

Rubina Mallah took a perilous, three-hour boat journey across flood waters to get to the nearest hospital in time to give birth to her baby son, as the roads leading to the clinic in the southern Pakistani city of Sehwan were submerged.

Reuters · Sep 7, 2022

India develops indigenous cervical cancer vaccine to save millions of lives

India's homegrown cervical cancer shot, announced on Thursday, will be made available first to the country's poorest before being exported to other countries in need.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 4, 2022

Humanitarians in the age of crises

The lights are flashing red as we look at the cascade of humanitarian crises in Asia and the Pacific.

Bangkok Post · Aug 18, 2022

Life expectancy increases in Africa by 10 years, but not for all

The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised African countries for improvements in health services that have seen average life expectancy jump by a whopping 10 years.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 17, 2022