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January 03, 2013 | The Nation
South Africa's Barriers to Abortion
Long waits and too few providers are consigning more and more women to illegal abortions.
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Reproductive Health
January 03, 2013 | The Nation
In South Africa, a Liberal Abortion Law Doesn't Guarantee Access
In South Africa, a country with one of the most permissive abortion-access laws in the world, many women find it is easier—and faster—to get an illegal abortion instead.
January 03, 2013
Meet the Student Fellows: Anna Tomasulo
Intersection of health and human rights key for first Campus Consortium student reporting fellow from Boston University.
December 24, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
South Africa: Ntuthu's Choice to Bear Life
In South Africa, HIV positive women are not encouraged to have children. Ntuthu, who is HIV positive but wanted to have a baby, found the information she needed to give birth to a healthy child.
December 14, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Blind and Capable: Richard Nzwana Challenges Life
Life in South Africa's townships poses challenges for all residents, especially the physically disabled. Richard Nzwana is blind, but that doesn't stop him from skydiving.
June 13, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Liberia: A Journalist Living in Fear
Reporting on female genital cutting in Liberia was more dangerous than Pulitzer Center grantee Mae Azango expected.
May 29, 2012 | The Christian Science Monitor
Mae Azango Exposed a Secret Ritual in Liberia, Putting Her Life in Danger
When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.
May 12, 2012 | Foreign Policy
Liberia: Labor Pains
As the public health community shifts its focus to family planning, Mae Azango reminds us of the ongoing need for quality maternal care.
May 04, 2012 | Foreign Policy
Rajiv Shah: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid
USAID head Rajiv Shah explains his agency's effort to integrate development and emergency intervention while emphasizing public-private partnerships in long-term development programs.
January 03, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Facts of Life: Data Resources for Reporting on Reproductive Health
Reporting on reproductive health can lead reporters into a maze of facts and figures. A panel of experts offers advice on finding, interpreting and using data, without losing sight of the story.
December 06, 2011 | The New Yorker
Talking About AIDS in Africa
At the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, a new study suggesting that hormonal contraception shots may double the risk of women becoming H.I.V.-positive created a stir.
November 10, 2011 | Link TV
Edge of Joy Film Premieres on Link TV
Premiering on Link TV, "The Edge of Joy" follows the lives of Nigerian caregivers working on the front lines of maternal care.