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  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    As Britons lose faith in the NHS, it’s time to demand better care

    For decades the health service has been our national religion, but the Shrewsbury maternity deaths expose shocking failures

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Amy Kazmin
    BJP turns to coercion to limit India’s population growth

    Experts say Uttar Pradesh plan to cut benefits to those with more than two children will hurt the country’s poorest

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children
    Japan follows UK’s lead in securing child nutrition against Covid

    December summit in Tokyo aims to tackle the sharp rise in childhood malnutrition caused by the pandemic

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children
    Students need radical solutions to catch up post-Covid

    Global gains in education are at risk as Covid-19 shuts 1.6bn learners out of school

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children
    Why Covid means children’s health must be at the centre of all policies

    The pandemic has disrupted food programmes, education, heathcare and protection

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children
    Helping children out of Covid is a moral and economic imperative

    Covid-19 may have pushed as many as 142m children worldwide below monetary poverty lines

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    Akinwumi Adesina
    Race for Covid vaccines in Africa is hiding the key role of nutrition

    Access to adequate food for all must be a priority in the continent’s fight against the pandemic

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Stark link between obesity and Covid deaths revealed

    WHO-backed report concludes that 9 out of 10 fatalities have occurred in countries with high obesity levels

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    beyondbricsEducation
    Ignoring the education of refugee children will create a lost generation

    More than half of displaced minors currently lack access to schools

  • Monday, 30 April, 2018
    World
    Brazil stresses child development to combat social inequality

    Message about early learning is reaching parents in poor districts — with good results

  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    World
    Mali study leads to huge cuts in child mortality

    Deaths in one area of capital city sharply reduced thanks to quick intervention

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Childcare
    Early Childhood Development

    Simple steps taken during early childhood can define a child’s prospects and drive the transformation the world hopes to achieve

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Indian society
    India ‘at a turning point’ to tackle pervasive child malnutrition

    A national campaign has set aggressive targets for the reduction of stunting and anaemia

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Amazonia’s childhood obesity epidemic takes a toll on development

    As families shun natural foods, teachers and doctors see an impact on education and health

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    World
    For refugee children, war zone trauma proves lasting and toxic

    High, prolonged levels of stress can cause serious physical and behavioural problems

  • Friday, 8 December, 2017
    Special Report50 Ideas to Change the World
    Six ways to increase uptake of family planning

    New, long-acting contraceptives, mobile services and incentives make programmes more effective

  • Friday, 20 October, 2017
    Health
    FT Health: The painkiller shortage hurting the poor

    Natalia Kanem, child mortality and the rise of the robots

  • Thursday, 19 October, 2017
    Foreign aid
    Bill and Melinda Gates on the fight against global inequality

    Even an $86bn fortune cannot solve the world’s problems if aid budgets are cut

  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2017
    Special ReportGirls: The Path to Gender Equality
    “Our community loves boys more.” Armenia’s missing girls

    The implications of a skewed sex ratio for women’s health, as well as the national economy and security, are profound

  • Friday, 7 July, 2017
    Special ReportFT Health: G20
    Failure to address Africa’s rising population is not an option

    If nothing is done the probable effects on food and water security will be dramatic

  • Friday, 7 April, 2017
    Famine
    FT Health: The burden of depression

    Mental health, Stephen O’Brien, movie villains

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
    World
    Doctors Without Borders: Saving Haiti's babies

    In the western hemisphere's poorest country, MSF clinic is the difference between life and death

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2016
    FT writers discuss maternal and child health on Twitter

    FT writers and experts discussed the persistent problem of mother and child deaths around the world

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    World
    Caring for a growing world means halting mother and child deaths

    Innovations in healthcare aim to ease the life-threatening pressures affecting women

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
    ‘Maternal and child deaths are preventable’

    During a conflict or a time of crisis, mothers and their babies are at their most vulnerable, says Joanne Liu

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