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Three nurses are shown wearing white coats and hair coverings and walking in a hospital hallway.

2020: The year of the nurse and midwife

Health & Medicine

The World Health Organization designation signifies a concerted push to boost the global nursing workforce in the face of growing health care shortages and ambitious efforts to reach a UN goal of universal health coverage around the world by 2030.

Two women sit on the curb with their infants as doctors and nurses strike at local hospital

Mothers and newborns pay the ‘price’ during Zimbabwe medics strike

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A nurse attends to a newborn at the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.

Untold Afghanistan
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Images: When you are gay (and afraid) in Uganda

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Irma Vásquez, far right, during a Centering Pregnancy session at San Francisco's Homeless Prenatal Program, which collaborates with San Francisco General Hospital and offers space for the meetings.

For some, prenatal care is a community affair

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A pregnant woman

In Brazil, half of all mothers have C-sections — whether they want it or not

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Many women in Brazil want to deliver their babies by Cesarean section — for them, it is convenient, modern and clean. But others say they are forced into delivering their babies through surgery, in a country with one of the highest c-section rates in the world.

Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids

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Fathers are routinely denied the right to be present for the birth of their children in Trinidad and Tobago, and in many other Caribbean territories.

Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids

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Fathers are routinely denied the right to be present for the birth of their children in Trinidad and Tobago, and in many other Caribbean territories.

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Russia’s looking to improve the quality of its maternity care — but it has a long way to go

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In Russia, pregnant women are often confined to stark maternity hospitals with little privacy, and where medical practices may be outdated. But the government has plans to make maternity care more modern.In Russia, pregnant women are often confined to stark maternity hospitals with little privacy, and where medical practices may be outdated. But the government has plans to make maternity care more modern.

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

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In Nepal, as many as a quarter of newborn deaths could be prevented with the use of an inexpensive antiseptic ointment, routinely used after childbirth in the US. The challenge is getting it to the women who need it in time.In Nepal, as many as a quarter of newborn deaths could be prevented with the use of an inexpensive antiseptic ointment, routinely used after childbirth in the US. The challenge is getting it to the women who need it in time.