Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.

Dr. Shazia Khpalwak visits remote areas of Pakistan's Balochistan Province to provide care for mothers and newborns. Her work touches many lives, but factors like water shortages and poor nutrition ...

which explores the emotional and spiritual history of people in a rural area of China over the course of a century. [Photo provided to China Daily] Centered on a deified midwife, Hu Xuewen's unique ...

Lebanon nurse Kelli Rierson was at the rally with her 3-week newborn. She’s currently on maternity leave, she said, and is ...

We shouldn't have to live in an urban area to receive the highest level of evidence-based care,” says one healthcare worker ...

In this special report, ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU exposes the chaos within Abuja’s overwhelmed hospitals, where time, resources, ...

Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti from Ghana and Khadija Mohamed Juma from Kenya selected among top 10 finalists from over 100,000 gl ...

Rath told parliament that “no person should have the power to determine what constitutes a valuable life” and past attempts had led to “some of the greatest atrocities known”.

"Especially in our rural and undeserved areas ... were joined by nurses from around the state. “This is a really personal issue for me, this bill, and that's because all three of my children were ...

For women having babies in rural New Mexico ... the number of nurse-midwives in the Four Corners region, where she lives."Midwives actually help fill the gap in areas that are maternity deserts ...

Yet, when it comes to maternal healthcare, our state lags in granting certified nurse-midwives ... limits access to midwifery care, particularly in rural and underserved areas where doctors ...