For those with breast cancer, a mastectomy may seem the best option. Joanna Moorhead thought so – until she listened to her instincts at the last minute. Now she’s glad she chose less extensive surgery
A pop-up Canadian restaurant run by HIV-positive staff aims to smash stigma surrounding HIV and Aids
Launched this week, Freda offers organic sanitary towels and tampons via subscription. The company pledges to donate a proportion of profits to schemes that are tackling period poverty in the UK [...]
Bodyform has become the first brand to make a TV advert featuring realistic-looking ‘blood’ on a sanitary pad rather than the traditional blue liquid
Save the people, save the forest. In rural Indonesia, a pioneering clinic is showing how the health of people and forests could and should be intertwined
Boxing is being used to improve mental as well as physical health – and to deal a knock-out blow to crime. Giselle Green squares up to four inspiring UK projects
One in every four Americans experiences mental illness, and a lack of police understanding can lead to tragedy. What if more of us were trained to deal with depression and anxiety? New York City [...]
In an attempt to improve the health of its citizens, a group of islands in the South Pacific have pledged to restrict imported junk food in favour of organic, homegrown produce
We explore new and alternative working models that are shaking up the 40-hour work week
After suffering debilitating bouts of depression, journalist and author Rachel Kelly began to investigate the links between nutrition and mental health
From a group of pensioner activists to a woman single-handedly running an orphanage for HIV-positive children, meet the grandmothers who are lobbying for women’s reproductive rights
A small metal fish designed for use in cooking to increase iron uptake is proving a great success in Cambodia and is now set to be used further afield. Could the Lucky Iron Fish spawn an end to [...]
Cooking smoke kills hundreds of people a day, but one company has come up with a clever alternative – and a finance model to fund it – to help Bhutanese families cook up a better future
Menstrual hygiene continues to be one of the most pressing issues facing women in developing countries. Here, Thorsten Kiefer looks at five innovative programmes around the globe that aim to [...]
Close-knit communities have a significant advantage when it comes to tackling malaria, according to new findings which could be applicable to malaria prevention activities around the world
The goal to get HIV treatment to 15 million people by the end of 2015 has already been met, says the UN
Fed up with the depressing imagery surrounding aging, photographer Alex Rotas decided to document an altogether different side to growing old
A new study has discovered that children’s mental health and wellbeing improves if they are exposed to green spaces at school
Shift Design aims to make positive changes to people’s behaviour through meaningful action and social enterprise. One project, Box Chicken, aims to revolutionise the way young people in London [...]
Tradition, corruption and political negligence continue to stigmatise mental illness, but the new generation is transforming old taboos
