Mary Carson, born into the wealthy Breckinridge family in 1881, changed the face of US midwifery. This is her story.

Canada’s infant mortality rate is on the rise. The country has fallen from the top 10 of developed nations to near the bottom of the ranking — a clear sign that health care and support for new mothers is slipping.

1. Pan from ferry terminal to indigenous performers

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idoo
3. Man in traditional Aborigin
al outfit
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FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055005North Philadelphia has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the United States with many babies born into poverty and to young mothers who do not have adequate resources to care for a...

North Philadelphia has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the United States with many babies born into poverty and to young mothers who do not have adequate resources to care for a newborn. To address these issues, Temple...

September 2007, Kibera slum, Kenya.

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Each year about 12,000 children under the age of five die in Peru from respiratory diseases like pneum
onia.
The country's government is now trying to curb this high rate of infant...