Ethiopian women pay high price for US aid abortion restrictions

Claire Provost: Reproductive health has risen up aid donors' agendas, but USAid restrictions mean NGOs are shying away from working on abortion

French breast implant firm PIP’s founder jailed

PIP boss Jean-Claude Mas sentenced to four years in jail after cheap industrial silicone used in implants

Palestinian entrepreneur hopes sex shop will help married couples connect

Ashraf Alkiswani, 30, says he has approval from Ramallah mosque elders for pornography-free online venture Karaz

Global health disparities could ‘end in a generation’ with annual $60bn funding

Landmark report on global health says world's poorest nations could reap growth of 25% through concerted healthcare investment

Iran sees dramatic rise in HIV infections

Health minister says taboo surrounding disease is preventing effective treatment, and 70% do not know they are infected

The Great Ethiopian Run: in the footsteps of Haile Gebrselassie

Kate Carter: It's a crazy, joyous race at 2,300m above sea level in Addis Ababa, and it's the adrenaline as well as the altitude that leaves competitors breathless after the Great Ethiopian Run

Sexual violence against girls – we must open our eyes

Deborah Orr: A report this week revealed that girls are being abused by other children. Why do adults fail to understand how vulnerable and alone adolescent girls can be?

Shuga: the soap opera helping Africa confront HIV

Successful sex drama moves to Nigeria to help people in country with world's second-highest HIV rate open up about Aids

The latest health issue for the elderly: ‘observation purgatory’ in hospitals

June McKoy: Medicare's payment policies are incentivising hospitals to mark seniors as observations instead of admissions. It can be deadly

Happiness: the silver lining of economic stagnation?

Julian Baggini: A study suggests that national wellbeing peaks at £22k average income. But that doesn't mean there's no point in pushing for wealth