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  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    beyondbricsEducation
    Ignoring the education of refugee children will create a lost generation

    More than half of displaced minors currently lack access to schools

  • Monday, 30 April, 2018
    Early childhood development
    State hopes lessons in play will curb inequality

    Message about early learning is reaching parents in poor districts — with good results

  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    Disease control and prevention
    Mali study leads to huge cuts in child mortality

    Deaths in one area of capital city sharply reduced thanks to quick intervention

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Childcare
    Early Childhood Development

    Simple steps taken during early childhood can define a child’s prospects and drive the transformation the world hopes to achieve

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Early childhood development
    India ‘at a turning point’ on child malnutrition

    A national campaign has set aggressive targets for the reduction of stunting and anaemia

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Early childhood development
    Amazonia’s child obesity epidemic takes a toll

    As families shun natural foods, teachers and doctors see an impact on education and health

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Early childhood development
    War zone trauma proves long-lasting and toxic

    High, prolonged levels of stress can cause serious physical and behavioural problems

  • Friday, 8 December, 2017
    Special Report50 Ideas to Change the World
    Six ways to increase uptake of family planning

    New, long-acting contraceptives, mobile services and incentives make programmes more effective

  • Friday, 20 October, 2017
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    Natalia Kanem, child mortality and the rise of the robots

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    “Our community loves boys more.” Armenia’s missing girls

    The implications of a skewed sex ratio for women’s health, as well as the national economy and security, are profound

  • Friday, 7 July, 2017
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    Failure to address Africa’s rising population is not an option

    If nothing is done the probable effects on food and water security will be dramatic

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    Doctors Without Borders: Saving Haiti's babies

    In the western hemisphere's poorest country, MSF clinic is the difference between life and death

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2016
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    FT writers discuss maternal and child health

    FT writers and experts discussed the persistent problem of mother and child deaths around the world

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    Caring for a growing world means halting mother and child deaths

    Innovations in healthcare aim to ease the life-threatening pressures affecting women

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    ‘Maternal and child deaths are preventable’

    During a conflict or a time of crisis, mothers and their babies are at their most vulnerable, says Joanne Liu

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    Europe’s migrant mothers

    The ‘Jungle’ camp may be demolished, but for the women and children crossing the continent the future is a blank

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    India’s kangaroo mother care: up close and personal

    A project where mothers breastfeed early and hold their babies skin to skin aims to reduce neonatal deaths

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    The innovators: devices and services to improve maternal and child health

    From Cameroon’s kangaroo mother care to affordable health insurance in Nigeria

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    Preventing maternal deaths requires more than just drugs and tools

    These are not ‘wicked problems’ without solutions, says Oona Campbell

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Child marriage harms our human family

    Girls should be free to flourish on their own terms

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    Breastfeeding in Poland: not in public, please

    Social conservatism and a lack of sound advice from healthcare staff make many nursing Polish mothers feel like pariahs

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    Sierra Leone’s maternal mortality mystery

    To address the myriad causes for the high number of maternity-related deaths, the government must first gain the trust of its people

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    ‘Having 30 children in one house is not good’

    High fertility rates and an economic crisis are slowing progress on maternal health

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