The Labour Party Conference has voted for a manifesto commitment to proportional representation for general elections. This is described as a massive moment for democracy in the UK.

In the introduction to Labour's manifesto - the bulk of which was being published later today - Mr Blair looked forward to a raft of new achievements between now and 2010. Mr Blair wrote ...

The policy sparked fierce debate during the election campaign but made its way into the manifesto The Labour manifesto pledged to lower the voting age to 16 – but the policy sparked fierce ...

Maternal health is an important aspect for the development of any country in terms of increasing equity and reducing poverty. The survival and wellbeing of mothers is not only important, but is ...

U.S. maternal mortality rates improved since 2021 and 2022, but rates remain high for Black and Indigenous women. Advocacy for policies such as Medicaid expansion and paid family leave can improve ...

The U.S. maternal mortality crisis is driven by various factors, but primary care providers are uniquely positioned to prevent pregnancy-related complications, according to experts. In a recent ...

The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating maternal mortality, rather than merely reducing it, as part of its broader efforts to revamp the healthcare sector.

India has achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) target of a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 100 deaths per one lakh live births, and 83% decline in MMR achieved between 1990 to 2020 ...

Close to 50 maternal deaths — the death of a pregnant or birthing woman during pregnancy or up to 42 days after the end of pregnancy — were reported in Delhi every month between April 2016 and ...

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. In a seminal paper published 40 years ago, Rosenfield and Maine 1 drew global attention to the tragedy of ...

The policy - which was a central part of Sir Keir Starmer’s manifesto promise of a “New ... refuse to take on extra work at the weekends. Labour had previously said the policy, inspired ...