Global heating driving spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever
Record numbers across Asia and Americas infected as rising temperatures extend disease to places once seen as safe
October 2017
Bad medicine: the toxic fakes at the heart of an international criminal racket
The trade in fake drugs is a lucrative and dangerous global industry, but there are hopes that on-the-spot screening technology can provide a remedy
September 2017
Pains and needles: brain scans point to hidden effects of acupuncture
Placebo acupuncture can ease short-term pain but the real thing might help to reverse the underlying pathology of a disease
June 2017
The future of research: how can HIV treatment go further? – event
The Guardian will host a debate on 25 July 2017 alongside the IAS conference on HIV science to discuss ways to reach underserved communities
May 2017
Partnerships in practice
The life-changing flying eye hospital treating blindness across the globe
We need a revolution in mindsets at the top of the World Health Organization
Mukesh Kapila
March 2017
'I thought cancer was a disease for the elderly': tackling Nigeria's 80% mortality rate
NGOs are working to change cancer treatment in Nigeria despite poor facilities and lack of awareness
November 2016
Leprosy – a disease of the past? – In pictures
As India rolls out the world’s first leprosy vaccine, Dr Alex Kumar visits Anandaban hospital and outpatient clinic in Nepal to document the journey from diagnosis to rehabilitation
September 2016
Partnerships in practice
'Back on my feet': how artificial limbs can have a second life in Africa
Pregnant and diagnosed with HIV: the group providing support for mothers
April 2016
Secret aid worker
Secret aid worker: what should doctors do when we witness human rights abuses?
When doctors don’t speak out against human rights abuses people are disgusted, but being too outspoken against the government can also hurt patients
March 2016
Fighting cancer in Nepal – in pictures
Not just a party drug: no ketamine means no surgery in some developing countries
Bisola Obembe in Nigeria
February 2016
Life without health insurance - why we need to protect the most vulnerable
Achieving universal health coverage in developing countries has been a dream for years. Christine Sow explores where progress is happening
October 2015
Technology could hold the key to saving the lives of thousands
Henry Lane Fox
Annual conference will learn about innovations that could help solve some of the biggest challenges in remote medicine
February 2015
One man's campaign to eradicate the dirty needles that kill 1.3 million a year
Briton Marc Koska has spent 30 years pushing for single-use syringes. Today the WHO begins a global campaign warning of the dangers of reusable needles
November 2014
Every dollar spent on childhood nutrition can save up to $166
Childhood nutrition is the most critical and economically sound intervention, according to a new study, writes Bjorn Lomborg
Four cheap and simple ways to save premature babies in their first days
A $5 medical mask, breastfeeding, and the Kangaroo technique are low-tech ways of helping to prevent the death of newborns, writes Lanre Olagunju
Eradicating malaria: how parasites' genetic 'barcodes' can stop the spread
Identifying the geographic origin of malaria outbreaks could help prevent and speed up the eradication of the disease, write Taane Clark and Cally Roper
October 2014
Do you want my job?
Do you want my job? The tropical health researcher
A professor talks to Charlotte Seager working as a tropical medicine researcher in the developing world and gives tips for landing a similar job
