Global partnerships to save lives

MSD for Mothers is a 10-year global initiative to reduce deaths from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Working closely with governments, international organisations, health experts, and those on the front line, MSD has supported groundbreaking projects...

Birth of The Alliance for Maternal Health Equality

Maternal mortality in Europe is low compared to other parts of the world. However, look closer at the statistics and you’ll see that within the seemingly rosy picture are vast inequities, with immigrant and ethnic minority women greatly over-represented in Europe’s...

Mother-to-baby transmission of hepatitis B: a breakthrough?

“Mother-to-newborn transmission of the hepatitis B virus is an enormous global problem”, says Joan Block, executive director and cofounder of the Hepatitis B Foundation. “Of the 350 million individuals living with chronic hepatitis B worldwide, most were infected at...