In this article for the Daily Nation, Jimmy Carter and Kofi Annan argue that scaling up immunisation across the world is crucial to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 - the reduction of child mortality.

In a letter to The New York Times, Mary Robinson argues that while new data on maternal mortality looks like encouraging news, it is hardly cause for celebration.

More than one woman dies every minute from preventable causes in childbirth, and a great many more are left with lifelong, debilitating complications. Mary Robinson and Alicia Yamin examine this global health emergency and argue why maternal health is a human rights issue. This article first appeared in The Boston Globe.

More than 1,400 women will die today as a result of complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Graça Machel examines this humanitarian crisis and explores what we can do to stop it. This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.