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  • Friday, 9 March, 2018
    Gender pay gap
    FT Health: The vast gender gap in health

    Philips’ Frans van Houten, tobacco tussles, food fights

    Friday, 9 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
    Health
    Ireland set to hold abortion referendum in May

    Leo Varadkar to propose permitting termination at up to 12 weeks into pregnancy

    Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Special Report 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
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2017
    Tech start-ups
    Tech start-up tackles maternal mortality rates in Myanmar

    Soaring numbers of smartphone users present opportunities — and frustrations

    Thursday, 21 December, 2017
  • Friday, 8 December, 2017
    Special Report Science
    Artificial sperm and wombs offer post-IVF promise

    Scientists produce mice pups from synthetic sperm and eggs — and grow lambs in biobags

    Friday, 8 December, 2017
  • Friday, 8 December, 2017
    Special Report Health and fitness
    A new toilet for areas without running water

    2.3bn people lack access to safe sanitation and women face additional risks

    Friday, 8 December, 2017
  • Friday, 8 December, 2017
    Special Report Health
    Six ways to increase uptake of family planning

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

    Friday, 8 December, 2017
  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2017
    Special Report Adolescent girls
    Syrian refugees married early face isolation and domestic violence

    As the authorities attempt to break the cycle of abuse, victims are finding the courage to speak out

    Wednesday, 11 October, 2017
  • Friday, 29 September, 2017
    Maternal health
    FT Health: Ending unsafe abortions

    Tom Frieden, patent ploys, care robots

    Friday, 29 September, 2017
  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 8 September, 2017
    Medical science
    FT Health: Stem cells — pushing the boundaries

    Innovation v regulation, state-sponsored quackery, the language of madness

    Friday, 8 September, 2017
  • Friday, 7 July, 2017
    Special Report Demographics and population
    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

    Friday, 7 July, 2017
  • Friday, 7 July, 2017
    Special Report Maternal health
    Chinese mothers reject the fashion for C-sections

    Lucy Hornby on a backlash against high rates of surgical intervention in child birth

    Friday, 7 July, 2017
  • Monday, 19 June, 2017
    beyondbrics
    Midwifery: the hidden hero of development

    Private sector can help address misperceptions and a funding gap

    Monday, 19 June, 2017
  • Friday, 10 March, 2017
    Indian society
    India doubles maternity leave to 6 months

    Critics say new rules could discourage employers from hiring women

    Friday, 10 March, 2017
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
    The Inventory
    A Q&A with epidemiologist Quarraisha Abdool Karim

    ‘Young women’s potential is ended before it begins. There is so much to do’

    Thursday, 8 December, 2016
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
    FT Seasonal Appeal
    Doctors Without Borders: MSF helps battle drug-resistant TB in India

    Charity fights to make medicines more accessible and affordable in developing nations

    Thursday, 8 December, 2016
  • Thursday, 24 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    FT writers discuss maternal and child health

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

    Thursday, 24 November, 2016
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report 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
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report 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
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report 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
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report Child mortality
    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
  • 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
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report 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
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Maternal health
    FT writers Twitter chat: maternal and child health

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

    Thursday, 17 November, 2016
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    Special Report 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
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