Ideas, evidence, and stories from across the global health community.

The Silence That Said Everything Picture this: A room full of maternal and newborn health experts at the International Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Nairobi. The moderator, Mercy Juma, asks them to define “global health reform.” Hands go up. Voices chime in. Integration. Primary health care. Country ownership. Domestic financing. Sovereignty. Then Mercy asks the follow-up: …