Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says
London, UK Reuters Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned. Globally, there was a 40 per cent decline in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2023, a report […]
The Long Read: For millions of children in food crises, a heightened risk of lifelong damage
JENNIFER RIGBY, of Reuters, reports on how acute food crises around the world are impacting children – and their life beyond childhood…
US raps global health summit over abortion, sex education
Nairobi, Kenya Thomson Reuters Foundation Ten countries – including the United States, Brazil and Egypt – criticised a global conference on sexual and reproductive health on Thursday, saying it promoted abortion and sex education. Heads of state, financial institutions and donors were among the 9,500 delegates in Nairobi this week to address maternal mortality, violence […]
New taskforces to tackle “missing wombs” scandal in rural India
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Special taskforces have been established in India to help stop women from being duped by doctors into having unnecessary hysterectomies that cause debt bondage and enslave families, the country’s health ministry said. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in three Indian states, published in May, found that families were taking big loans […]
UNICEF calls for more action to ensure newborns survive first days
With almost 386,000 babies expected to be born on the first day of 2018, UNICEF has urged the world to do more to ensure they survive their first days of life. While many of the babies will survive, the UN Children’s Fund noted that during 2016 an estimated 2,600 children died within 24 hours of […]
The Interview: Judith Goh, gynaecologist
Queensland gynaecologist Judith Goh was recently appointed an officer of the Order of Australia in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours list. She talks to DAVID ADAMS about her work with international Christian medical charity Mercy Ships helping some of the estimated two million women who suffer from obstetric fistulas…