Mark Shriver is president of Save the Children Action Network, which is the advocacy arm of the global humanitarian organization. We kick off with a discussion of what advocacy for global development and humanitarian issues looks like in the...
This is a wild story. It ends well. Two weeks ago my wife went into labor with our second child. We did not quite make it to the hospital. Or, rather, we did make it to the hospital. Just not...
The math is not good for displaced women in South Sudan.
What it will take to close a health gap between rich and poor countries.
This is a great speech by US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who is in Geneva this week for the World Health Assembly.  Sebelius offers some global context to America's own struggles with providing adequecate health care to women and mothers.
A neat Mother's Day infographic from the USAID
ABC News' 20/20 program ran a special on Friday to highlight maternal health around the world.
Today 16 countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.
I speak with Tamara Kreinin, the executive director of women and population at the UN Foundation about some of the challenges facing women and girls in Haiti--and what local groups, the UN and the international community are doing to support reproductive health and women's empowerment in Haiti.