The African Chef who is bringing baobab to British kitchens
Zambian cook Malcolm Riley is on a mission to win Brits over to the health and wallet-friendly benefits of African foods, writes Katy Salter
How to end female genital mutilation in the UK: write to your MP
24,000 girls in the UK are currently at risk of FGM. Have you got 30 seconds to write to your MP asking them to show their support before the 'cutting season' begins?
Female refugees from Syria ‘blighted by gynaecological illness and stress’
Study of women who have fled to Lebanon criticises serious lack of antenatal and general health care
Ban Ki-moon backs campaign to tackle FGM through education
UN secretary general praises Fahma Mohamed's campaign to enlist help of headteachers in ending female genital mutilation
Education is central to ending FGM
Ban Ki-moon: A practice that demeans, dehumanises and injures is not a tradition, it's a human rights violation. Headteachers can help stop this
Birth weight is strongly affected by the mother’s own diet as a child
A pregnant woman's diet may have much less effect on her baby's health than what she ate in her own childhood
Progress review: contraception use among adolescent girls
Giving young women access to birth control is a global public health priority. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli reviews the challenges that remain and the projects changing the odds for girls
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink – review
Sheri Fink's account of events at a New Orleans hospital post-Katrina asks vital questions about the American healthcare system, writes Peter Beaumont
Loneliness twice as unhealthy as obesity for older people, study finds
Scientists found that the loneliest were nearly twice as likely to die during their six-year study than the least lonely
How supermodel Waris Dirie saved girl from female genital mutilation
Somali model insisted Safa Idriss Nour, the child who played her suffering FGM in biopic, had to be spared the same fate