Infant and child mortality
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Kashmir, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Mongolia, Pastoralism, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Infant and child mortality, Infectious diseases, Malaria, Malnutrition, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Trump administration, US foreign policy, USAid, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics
Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced …
- China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Global development, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Population, Society, South and Central Asia, Tanzania, World news
How has the world’s population grown since 1950?
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the grow…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Business, Childbirth, Children, Dominic Raab, Economics, Education, Foreign policy, Global development, Global economy, Health, Health & wellbeing, Human rights, Infant and child mortality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Law, Life and style, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Politics, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Teaching, UK news, United Nations, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World Bank, World Health Organization, World news
The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afgha…
- Global development, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Malnutrition, Maternal health, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
‘Yellow bindis’ mean high-risk: India’s new health map for women and children
Pioneering Rajasthan initiative helps health workers reach families in greatest need first, increasing identif…