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An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth

3 November 2026 at 20:57
The maternal drape, as it is called, is helping to solve one of the world’s most intractable health problems.

Β© Taiwo Aina for The New York Times

Husaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.

An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth

3 November 2026 at 16:35
The maternal drape, as it is called, is helping to solve one of the world’s most intractable health problems.

Β© Taiwo Aina for The New York Times

Husaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.

Nigeria’s Ebola Patient Evacuated as Investigators Press for Answers

28 October 2026 at 18:16
More than a week after the first case was reported in Africa’s most populous nation, pressing questions about the infection remain unanswered.

Β© Geneva University Hospitals

A photograph released by the Geneva University Hospitals shows paramedics carrying from a helicopter a woman who had been diagnosed with Ebola following her flight from Nigeria, on Monday.
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