You are here: Homepage Tag Health Articles Maternal mortality is very high in Madagascar: most women give birth without medics. Photo: mTomady Health | Madagascar Paying for childbirth by mobile phone Many people in Madagascar don't have a bank account to save for operations or medication. The organization mTomady offers them a digital health savings account that fits on a SIM card By Friederike Biron 05/03/2025 The maternity ward at Indira Ghandi Hospital in Kabul Photo: Moises Saman / Magnum Photos / Agentur Focus Health care | Afghanistan On the road in a sick nation Even before the Taliban seized power, health care for Afghan women and girls was sub-standard. Now it is catastrophic: a visit to the provinces By Parand 10/01/2022 “I expect citizens in Europe and the US to hold their governments to account over vaccine nationalism” Illustration: Timo Lenzen Pandemic | South Africa An overdose of egoism While politicians in the USA and Europe discuss herd immunity and booster shots, many African countries are still lacking vital vaccines. Once again, the West looks the other way By Malaika Mahlatsi 10/01/2021 Non-white health workers in Great Britain Illustration: Julia Praschma A story goes around the world Tragic heroes Great Britain was among the epicentres of the Corona pandemic. As it gathered pace, the crisis revealed a latent racism within the health system. By Preti Taneja 06/19/2020
Maternal mortality is very high in Madagascar: most women give birth without medics. Photo: mTomady Health | Madagascar Paying for childbirth by mobile phone Many people in Madagascar don't have a bank account to save for operations or medication. The organization mTomady offers them a digital health savings account that fits on a SIM card By Friederike Biron 05/03/2025
The maternity ward at Indira Ghandi Hospital in Kabul Photo: Moises Saman / Magnum Photos / Agentur Focus Health care | Afghanistan On the road in a sick nation Even before the Taliban seized power, health care for Afghan women and girls was sub-standard. Now it is catastrophic: a visit to the provinces By Parand 10/01/2022
“I expect citizens in Europe and the US to hold their governments to account over vaccine nationalism” Illustration: Timo Lenzen Pandemic | South Africa An overdose of egoism While politicians in the USA and Europe discuss herd immunity and booster shots, many African countries are still lacking vital vaccines. Once again, the West looks the other way By Malaika Mahlatsi 10/01/2021
Non-white health workers in Great Britain Illustration: Julia Praschma A story goes around the world Tragic heroes Great Britain was among the epicentres of the Corona pandemic. As it gathered pace, the crisis revealed a latent racism within the health system. By Preti Taneja 06/19/2020
