It will target the worst-performing trusts in England - and report back by the end of the year.

Perinatal depression and anxiety, experienced by about 20 % of women, are a risk factor for associated morbidities for mothers and babies, including r…

Chief Justice Roberts issued a temporary pause. Aid organizations said in a Supreme Court filing that they "would face extraordinary and irreversible harm if the funding freeze continues."

Worldwide, around 2.7 million children are not in the care of their parents, and access to breastmilk is often absent from foster care policies. We aimed to explore the evidence available on how fost...

Despite clear evidence to support the safety and efficacy of homebirth, the concept challenges the almost universal belief that hospital is the safest…

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

Walk up to a health facility in Tshwane, South Africa on a hot summer morning, and you are likely to find long, snaky queues of people, including pregnant women, waiting outside—in the full sun.

In England, the national caesarean rate is now 42%. Which is way higher than many other wealthy countries.

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Laura Kyrke-Smith says perinatal mental health care in England is ‘postcode lottery’, with disadvantaged women more likely to miss out

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The webinar series will introduce patients and the public to the uses of health data in research and the importance of patient involvement.

Strengthening midwives' professional identity enhances job satisfaction, reduces burnout, and improves perinatal care, key to recruiting and retaining midwives globally.

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February 1993: Štrpci, Bosnia. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train and arrest civilians. Of the 500 or so passengers, only one man puts up resistance. This film tells the true story of the man who w...