Lancet Series 2017: Right Care

This report from the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights explores the current dangers facing migrant and displaced children in Greece. It identifies patterns of abuse and exploitation among children as young as 11, exacerbated by the absence of any sort of child protection system. The report examines factors and circumstances that place children at risk for exposure to long term sexual exploitation. The report contains testimonies by such children, as well as…

The Sustainable Development Goals include a target to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030, with no individual country exceeding 140. However, on current trends the goals are unlikely to be met.  The authors used an empirically calibrated Global Maternal Health microsimulation model, which simulates individual women in 200 countries and territories to evaluate the impact of different interventions and strategies from 2022…

This report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) studies sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) workforce in 21 countries in eastern and southern Africa. The report focuses on the current state of the SRMNAH workforce, current challenges and the regional and national levels, and recommendations to achieve further progress. Analyzing evidence across the domains of availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of care and services, the…