The latest news, analysis and comment on global health issues
August 2024
Pain, organ damage, infertility: the neglected disease that leaves millions of women in agony
Parasites in ponds and rivers cause female genital schistosomiasis – easily treated but rarely diagnosed. A health campaign in Kenya aims to change this
July 2024
Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds
Eating processed red meat could increase risk of dementia, study finds
Fair Access
Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Opinion
Children in Gaza are now at risk of polio as well as bombs – we need a ceasefire now
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
‘They’re waiting till we die of cancer’: 10 years on, Mexico’s worst mining disaster still poisons lives
Fair Access
HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient
Most new HIV infections occurred outside sub-Saharan Africa for first time – UN report
‘Why didn’t my mother prevent it?’: healing the generational trauma of FGM
War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns
Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
The Guardian picture essay
Rat soup, snails and oracles: why Nigeria’s traditional midwives still have a vital role to play
How a brother’s illness spurred a plan to get mental health on the agenda across Africa
June 2024
Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers
A common condition
Campaign to decriminalise suicide in four Caribbean nations gains momentum
Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die
Fair Access
Global failure to prepare for pandemics ‘gambling with children’s future’
Rights and freedom
‘Nobody is coming to help us’: Afghan teenage girls on life without school
Too ill to work, too poor to get better: how debt traps families working at India’s kilns
Fair Access
My embarrassing condition needs a simple operation – but in Nigeria few can afford it
