The International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21 offers a significant opportunity to reflect on a key issue in maternal health: despite global progress over the past ...
Maternal mortality continues to be one of the scourges in global health. The fact that women die as part of bringing life is an indictment against the overall status of women around the world, an...
Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day (IWD). It is an annual occasion to celebrate the incredible achievements of women and girls globally, while acknowledging the work still needed to p...
Unpaid care and domestic work—encompassing market activities from cooking and cleaning to child and elder care – plays a critical role in upholding the economy, making all other work possible...
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2024/02/unpaid-care-work-the-invisible-and-sustaining-powerhouse/
Women across the globe spend 25% more time in poor health and in varying degrees of disability than men, according to a new 2024 report by the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Health Institu...
We live in a world marred by healthcare disparities. Pregnancy-related deaths and disabilities remain unacceptably high. Nearly 800 women die each day due to preventable causes related to pregnan...
This article is adapted from “Population Trends and the Future of US Competitiveness” Demographic issues intersect with a number of policy priorities on the congressional agenda, including th...
The last two decades saw significant gains in reducing the incidence of malaria, but can we be doing even more to eradicate this disease? In early January 2024, a New York Times op-ed argued that...
We take for granted the way health programs are financed—and often forget that there are biases in financing functions that undermine equitable access to health care. For instance, through gend...
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2024/01/is-health-financing-gender-biased/
We face a global crisis of maternal mortality that extends to untenable disparities within the United States. Yet too often, the populations most affected by such health disparities are sidelined...
“The pandemic, as all of you know, severely disrupted essential health services in countries around the world, and it left many health systems reeling from the drain on resources,” said Nidh...
At a recent Wilson Center event, hosted in partnership with USAID’s MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity Project, Dr. Folake Olayinka, Immunization Technical Lead of the Glob...
Throughout history, women have played crucial leadership roles during wartime, even if their contributions were not always well-documented or recognized. In times of conflict, societal norms some...
The Dot-Mom column of the Environmental Change and Security Program’s New Security Beat blog serves as a platform to shed light on diverse perspectives and insights from experts in maternal and...
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2023/11/2023-dot-mom-guest-contributor-highlights/
In the rugged heart of Western Afghanistan, the people of Herat Province have been grappling since October 7, 2023 with a relentless barrage of aftershocks from a series of powerful earthquakes t...
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2023/11/health-burden-afghan-woman/