“It would be better to die than to suffer this way,” Fathia says, wiping her hands together with finality. She sits across from me at the Ca...

The share of Minnesota kindergarteners who are up-to-date on the vaccines that ward off measles, mumps and rubella has seen a small decline ...

In Somalia, maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. One in 12 women is likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or ...

African refugee women experience healthier pregnancies than women born in the United States, despite receiving less prenatal care, a rece...

A woman who took her two young daughters to Africa for female genital mutilation has been sentenced to four years in prison, becoming the f...

In 2018, the ICRC continued to respond to the needs of Somali people affected by 35 years of conflict and harsh climatic conditions like d...

Thanks to the unbending resolve and resilience of women health professionals as they go door-to-door across villages and mountains adminis...

Two months ago, 35-year-old Nunai Farit developed a fever coupled with a dry cough and a running nose. Her family thought it was an asthma ...

Dr Lubogo, a cholera expert working with WHO in Somalia, is passionate about the fight against infectious diseases in the country. “Menti...