In newborn care there's a "Golden Minute," the narrow window to revive a baby who isn't breathing, and this is the story of the night Nurse Rita's training helped her make it count.

Just a week after her remote health post reopened as a fully equipped birthing center, nurse Menuka faced a complicated midnight delivery, and for the first time in years, she met it without fear.

Through a careful, honest look at what was failing, health workers and their local government in Parbat are turning a once-avoided birthing center into one families are proud of.

During COVID-19, a new helpline connected nurses in rural birthing centers directly with senior doctors and specialists, and new research looks at what that lifeline meant for maternal and newborn care.

When a mother went into a dangerous labor during a rainstorm, nurse Rita Dhungana refused to give up on her, drawing on her training and a helpline to senior doctors to bring both mother and baby through safely.

When a rural municipality in Kavrepalanchok tried its first cost-shared investment in a birthing center, local officials weren't sure it would be worth it, and the result became the pride of the district.