Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's new book should be of particular concern to anyone familiar with Millennium Development Goal number five: reducing maternal mortality.
Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.03.2009 | World
Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health progr...
Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
You wouldn't expect a plenary session at the CGI called "Moving From Crisis to Opportunity - Financing an Equitable Future," featuring the CEO of JP Morgan, to be the natural venue for launching a major maternal health initiative.
Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Each year, more than a half million women lose their lives from complications arising before, during, or after childbirth. In the stories that follow, we would like to share our personal perspectives.
Ann Pettifor | Posted 09.22.2009 | World
The safest births take place in well-stocked facilities with trained health workers. Providing this for all mothers must be our long-term goal. But in the meantime, something must be done - urgently.
Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
The number of maternal deaths has remained virtually unchanged for the past two decades. This is unconscionable, and it's why the Group of Eight leaders recently agreed that the world must do more.
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
I will spend about nine days traveling around Ethiopia with the UN Population Fund, visiting their maternal health sites and then writing about my trip for the HuffPost.
Ray Chambers | Posted 08.24.2009 | World
For HIV, women account for 60 percent of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and transmission from mothers to newborns is a significant, yet solvable problem.
CNN | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
The war in Afghanistan may no longer be forgotten but the true victims always are. Women and children in the landlocked Asian country have continuous...
Liya Kebede | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Each mother who dies leaves behind a devastated family and weakened community that will eventually, somehow, affect each of us.
WideAngle | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
A roomful of pregnant women waiting for their prenatal care appointments at La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana, got a treat on Saturday when Presid...
Sharon L. Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
World Population Day serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments must boost investments in global health -- especially the health of mothers.
Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
A global campaign backed by international figures including Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Emma Thompson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono, Wendi Murdoch,...
Shaana Keller | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
In the United States today, more than 95% of our pregnant moms deliver in a hospital setting. Yet, for normal pregnancies, science has proven that it is safer to use a midwifery model of care.
UNFPA | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
By Bill Ryan SWABI, Pakistan - Tajbibi was so weak by the time she got to the maternity clinic that the 19-year-old mother "fainted every time she ha...
Meghan Rhoad | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
There is an international consensus that shackling is an intolerable practice, irreconcilable with human rights principles, along with prohibitions against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
The data doesn't lie: sickness and poverty have grown together during the last few decades. We now have a chance to turn the tables and foster health and wealth.
Amie Newman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living
The real focus should be on creating the societal support necessary for mothers to experience new motherhood as optimally as possible. Do we offer adequate paid family leave for new moms?
Theresa Shaver | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living
Yeruknesh, Chidimma and Siti died for lack of basic health care taken for granted by all but the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
UNFPA | Posted 06.09.2009 | World
This Mother's Day will be no different than any other day -- every minute a woman will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly all of these women will ...
Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books