Babatunde Osotimehin obituary
Executive director of the United Nations Population Fund who fought against child marriage and female genital mutilation
Sale of Cambodian breast milk to mothers in US criticised by UN
UN agency says trade puts women’s babies at risk of malnutrition as Cambodia moves to block further exports
Leaders launch fund to counter Trump’s ‘gag rule’, and huge cuts to US aid likely
Nations pledge millions to mitigate Trump’s block on funding to family planning services worldwide, and outline US budget indicates big fall in aid spending
US aid for women’s sexual health worldwide under threat
Under Trump, campaigners say, $600m in aid could be ‘cut drastically’, costing maternal lives, as they predict return to anti-abortion stance on health funding
Pregnant and diagnosed with HIV: the group providing support for mothers
Telling your child that you’re HIV positive is hard, one South African group is giving advice to mothers
Malnutrition will not end by 2030, warn campaigners
Save the Children tells Rio nutrition summit that despite global pledge to end malnutrition by 2030, millions of children will be malnourished far into the next century
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
Letters: ‘No matter how horny you get, it is never okay to pay for sex’
After a recent article, readers email us their views on the myriad of issues that surround the sexual behaviour of humanitarians• Why it's time we talked about the sex lives of humanitarians
Innovations for disease control
To mark World Health Day, we asked our community to send in innovations
they had seen that aim to tackle vector-borne diseases. Here are our
favourites
Letters: aid workers need to blow off steam
Emotional and physical release is crucial for people working under stress, but controlled and long-term training is much better than drinking and partying, says psychologist to aid workers Carla Uriarte