Women's Rights
Since 2012, over 46 million women in the world's lowest income countries got access to contraception, new report says.
by Yarno Ritzen
Yemen
by Charlene Anne - Fuad Rajeh
Maternal health
by Ali Rae - Elizabeth Melimopoulos
Ukraine
by Madeline Roache
Tanzania
Asia06 Sep 2018 11:01 GMT
In Bangladesh, 130 community healthcare workers have been recruited by UNFPA from among the Rohingya.
UNICEF06 Aug 2018 17:30 GMT
Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives.
Health31 Jul 2018 20:41 GMT
Babies should be breasfted within an hour of being born, according to UN and WHO recommendations.
United Kingdom22 Jul 2018 13:42 GMT
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where abortion is illegal unless pregnancy poses a serious health risk.
Health17 Jul 2018 14:13 GMT
Health advocates say it's long been US policy to 'bully' other countries to protect interests of formula manufacturers.
Europe03 Jul 2018 11:23 GMT
Ban, including in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality, sees women travel to England for procedure.
Philippines24 Jan 2018 06:29 GMT
While teen pregnancy rates in most countries are declining, numbers are rising in the Philippines.
Al Jazeera World20 Dec 2017 14:13 GMT
The human impact of the Syrian war through the eyes of a Lebanese midwife helping pregnant Syrian refugees give birth.
Health16 Dec 2017 11:49 GMT
Trump slammed after Washington Post reports seven words are prohibited in health agency budget documents.
El Salvador15 Dec 2017 12:07 GMT
Court rejects appeal of Teodora del Carmen Vasquez, who was convicted of homicide under country's strict abortion law.
Reporter's Notebook 08 Dec 2017 05:20 GMT
An insight into the far-reaching consequences of Donald Trump's ban on US funds going to foreign aid organisations that promote or perform abortions.
People & Power06 Dec 2017 21:04 GMT
What are the consequences of President Trump's decision to slash US aid to international NGOs that promote abortion?
Maternal health03 Dec 2017 20:37 GMT
In Tijuana, two women who call themselves 'frontier midwives' are supporting women neglected by the healthcare system.
Opinion22 May 2017 04:57 GMT
Or how in America no one dies from having no access to healthcare.
by Larry Beinhart
Maternal health26 Apr 2017 19:57 GMT
Trial of 20,000 women shows deaths from heavy bleeding after giving birth reduced by 30 percent with tranexamic acid.