The Marmot review’s author spoke to the WIRED Health conference about “proportionate universalism,” racism, and a million UK children living in destitution. Mun-Keat Looi reports ### Biography…

Jhpiego will receive an additional US$2.3 million in funding to integrate the calibrated drape into existing programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and India, and support catalytic procu...

More than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2021, including a South Dakota hospital that serves small towns, farming communities, and a Native American reservation. Patients the...

Investing in midwives is a cost-effective and sustainable strategy to improve maternal and newborn health and well-being and reduce mortality. There is ample evidence to show that care provided by mid...

Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as ...

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) today announced the first pledge to its Eighth Replenishment Campaign – and it comes from the private sector. The Children’s I...

Millions of children could be protected from life-altering hearing loss through better vaccine access.

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Download the documentWelcome – Help Shape the Future of PMNCH Led by our Board, we at PMNCH are developing our new Strategy for the period 2026 to 2030, to strengthen our impact and drive meaningful c...

It feels as if the pandemic is behind us. But we’re living in the world it made.

The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at the World Health Organization (WHO) has led a coordinated effort to develop, implement and analyse a set of new resources to combat persistently high rat...

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In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at a...

WHO has launched an App for its Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. This digital tool will facilitate the task of family planning providers in recommending safe, effective and acceptab...

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agend...