I first learned about Dr. Abhay Bang a dozen years ago, when I moved to Uttar Pradesh, India, to work on rural newborn health programs. I had just finished training in pediatrics in a tertiary academic hospital in Washington, D.C., so I had a lot to learn about rural newborn health in developing countries. Dr.
When the farming community in Madya Pradesh, India produces acres of lush green crops ready for harvest, Nek Narayan Patel takes extra care to check on his pregnant clients who work the fields. As a patient care navigator who lives in the community, Patel knows that some expectant mothers may put their family’s welfare over
Unlike many nurses and midwives, Masri Ndoen’s path to becoming a midwife was anything but expected. Cajoled by her friends to tag along as they took the entry exam for nursing school, Masri decided to take the test herself—and was the only one among her friends to pass it. That paved the way for a
