Health and Well-being

High childbirth mortality in Malawi is due to “a cocktail of factors
Health and Well-being

12, 000 births, zero deaths: Malawians celebrate hero midwife Charity Salima

-- She also raises awareness about the dangers of teenage pregnancy
Mr. Koffi Kouame with a group of people in Madagascar.
Health and Well-being

Madagascar: Glimpse of hope amidst severe droughts

UNFPA giving health services to women and girls in arid Grand Sud.
A laboratory studies student taking a blood sample for a routine antenatal malaria test at a government hospital in Ghana. Photo credit: Panos/Nyani Quarmyne
Health and Well-being

Public health schemes: Getting it right

Ghana grapples with making health care universally accessible
 Surgeons in the operating theatre at a Bangalore hospital, Bangalore , India. Photo credit: Panos/B. Lawley
Health and Well-being

India’s medical tourism gets Africans’ attention

Many lured by affordable treatment, state-of-the art equipment, top-notch doctors and follow-up care
A nurse takes blood sample from a baby to test for malaria in Manhia, Mozambique. AMO/ L. W.
Health and Well-being

Gains made in fight against malaria

Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria
Health workers attend to patients at a camel mobile clinic in Samburu, Kenya. Photo credit: CHAT
Health and Well-being

Taking health services to remote areas

Mobile camel clinics, motorbike ambulances and other innovations for reaching rural folk
A coffee farmer from Musasa, Rwanda, shows her health insurance card. Panos/Andrew Esiebo
Health and Well-being

It’s time to rethink medical insurance

A mobile phone plan in Kenya targets low-income groups
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