Short waiting periods and high availability of young children have made Ethiopia an international adoption hot spot. Babies have become a major "export" but corruption is rampant.
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 As the public health community shifts its focus to family planning, Mae Azango reminds us of the ongoing need for quality maternal care. |
 The high cost of China's economic miracle: A generation of children left behind when parents work in factories hundreds of miles from home. |
 Breakneck growth has created China's economic miracle. But will the destruction of families prove to be too high a cost? |
 Experts agree that international intervention in Libya saved lives but that isn't happening in Syria—"a multi-sectarian, multiethnic cauldron" that defies easy resolution. |
 Serving more than 200,000 people, James N. Davies Jr. Memorial Hospital addresses the lack of emergency obstetric and neonatal care that has contributed to Liberia's high maternal mortality rates. |
 The Herald, South Africa's daily regional paper, is well-known for launching tough-minded investigations into local issues. |
 In China, marriage-aged men outnumber women by the millions. Experts predict that by 2020, the number of men unable to find wives will be equivalent to the population of Texas. |
 Although South Africa legalized abortion 15 years ago, the volunteer midwives and health professionals who provide it at Dora Nginza, a state hospital in Port Elizabeth, are often scorned. |
 The Liberian government and traditional leaders announced a shutdown of activities within the Sande women's society. The announcement followed Mae Azango’s report on female genital cutting. |
 Pulitzer Center grantee Mae Azango has gone into hiding after receiving threats related to a story she wrote on female circumcision—a taboo subject in Liberia. |
 A small paper with a powerful voice: FrontPage Africa is Liberia's investigative daily. |