The Syrian government has released 62 female detainees as part of a deal. In Yemen, a father committed the “honor” killing of his 15-year-old daughter for contacting her fiancé.
Health authorities recently shut down a nationally recognized maternity center in the Bronx and shifted patients to another public hospital where two women recently died in labor. Critics say the move risks women’s safety.
Very few of the maternity wards that have won a seal of approval for providing breastfeeding support are located in communities with a significant population of African Americans, a Women’s eNews analysis finds.
With an eye to lowering India’s high maternal mortality, a national ad campaign and one state’s mass wedding program shifts the longstanding sanitation push to men. “Men control the household economy,” says one health activist.
Tribal women in India are mobilizing behind a leading maternal-health advocate. Supporters say the case against Madhuri Krishnaswamy was concocted to stop her from flagging rights violations that led to 25 maternal deaths in nine months in one impoverished district.
Texas has an unusually high maternal mortality rate and if Perry signs this bill the state could get its first statewide investigation into the causes.
Global efforts to improve maternal health are ready for fine tuning when it comes to the Middle East and North Africa. This will be the aim of researchers gathering ahead of this month’s global conference on women’s health in Kuala Lumpur.
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs conference this week focused on improving maternal health and tackling rising U.S. mortality rates. One session highlighted successes of state initiatives to strengthen maternal death review processes.
The Lone Star state’s maternal mortality rate coincides with Gov. Perry’s slashing of reproductive health services. This latest report offers a shocking snapshot, and the worst may be yet to come, says Rita Henley Jensen.
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