Maddie Beans is an undergraduate student.

Neonatal care in humanitarian crises is conditional

Health Policy
June 4, 2026

Neonatal survival depends on continuity that modern health systems often assume as stable. Thermoregulation, oxygen delivery, infection control, trained clinical staffing, and reliable electricity must function together as an integrated system. When that system is intact, care follows a predictable sequence from delivery through stabilization and escalation when needed. When it is disrupted, survival becomes conditional rather than assured.

In Gaza and Lebanon, ongoing humanitarian conditions have placed neonatal services under …

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Neonatal care in humanitarian crises is conditional

Postpartum lactation support is a health care gap

Conditions and Diseases
May 29, 2026

Feeding an infant is often described in the language of choice. Breast or bottle. Preference or plan. It is framed as something intimate and personal, even private. Yet in clinical reality, especially in the earliest weeks after birth, feeding is also a physiological process that depends on maternal recovery, access to care, and structured medical support. When that support is missing, what appears to be a personal decision begins to …

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Postpartum lactation support is a health care gap