Essay: New malaria vaccine no silver bullet but an important step towards eradication
In an article first published on The Conversation, MICHELLE BOYLE and BRENDAN CRABB of Australia’s Burnet Institute, look at the latest vaccine to prevent malaria…
Most parts of world saw maternal mortality rates spike in 2020
Reuters Maternal mortality rates climbed or stagnated in nearly all regions across the world in 2020, according to a report released by UN agencies on Wednesday, marking a major setback in global efforts to combat complications during childbirth or pregnancy. The report, which tracks maternal mortality nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, showed […]
Pakistan: In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change
CHARLOTTE GREENFIELD and GLORIA DICKIE, of Reuters, report from Jacobabad…