maternal health

Shabnam, a surrogate mother, has an ultrasound at Patel's clinic in Anand, in the western Indian state of Gujarat on March 4, 2009.

The global rent-a-womb industry is starting to crumble

Health

Developing nations are getting tired of renting women's bodies to Westerners.

The global rent-a-womb industry is starting to crumble
The World

An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents

Health & Medicine
An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents
Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal

Snapshot: Behind the Walls Of Nepal's Women

Development & Education
Snapshot: Behind the Walls Of Nepal's Women