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Three Laotian little girls in a village in Northern Laos

Health Lao PDR

4. July 2026

Partnership Drives Major Gains Against Schistosomiasis

Lao PDR is moving closer to eliminating schistosomiasis, with infection rates reduced to below 1 per cent in high-risk areas and thousands of people gaining protection from the disease.

Society

South Korea, Seoul, Insadong Street filled with people

Society South Korea

3. June 2026

Health Reforms Dramatically Reduce Preventable Deaths

People in South Korea are experiencing far lower rates of stroke and cardiovascular deaths after long-term health reforms improved access to treatment and prevention.

Health

Destruction of hepatitis C virus, illustration

Health Pakistan

1. June 2026

National Programme Expands Access to Hepatitis Care

People across Pakistan are set to gain wider access to free hepatitis C screening and treatment through a nationwide programme aimed at eliminating the disease as a public health threat.

Health

Health USA

6. March 2026

Discovery of Sperm Energy Switch Opens Path to Male Birth Control

A newly identified molecular mechanism that powers sperm movement could enable nonhormonal male birth control and improve fertility treatments, researchers in the United States have found.

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Health United Kingdom

3. March 2026

Gene Therapy Reprogrammes Immune Cells to Defeat Hard-to-Treat Cancer

The United Kingdom has used a pioneering gene therapy that reprogrammes immune cells to hunt cancer, helping patients with previously untreatable blood cancer achieve lasting remission.

Society

Midwife delivering post natal care visit

Society Mali

18. February 2026

Millions Gain Reliable Healthcare Through Community-Driven Reform

Mali and Mauritania expanded essential healthcare access to more than five million people between 2018 and 2024, significantly improving maternal, child and nutrition services in fragile and conflict-affected communities.

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cancer vaccine attacking tumor, illustration

Health USA

13. February 2026

Decades-Old Cancer Vaccine Reveals Path Toward Long-Term Tumour Immunity

Women treated with an experimental breast cancer vaccine in the United States have remained alive more than 20 years later, highlighting a breakthrough in long-term immune protection against metastatic cancer.

Technology

"swimming cap" invention for brain surgery on babies

Technology United Kingdom

12. December 2025

Portable Cap to Revolutionize Treating Newborn Brain Injuries

In the United Kingdom, scientists have developed a soft, sensor-filled cap that uses light and ultrasound to monitor babies’ brains directly from their hospital cots, aiming to speed diagnosis and treatment for brain injuries.

Health

Zaitoon Ragman with her baby Naa-iqah (6 days old) and older children Raeez, Naa-ilah and Raheez at their home in Mitchell's Plain South Africa. Zaitoon survived PPH after child birth. Postpartum hemorrage (PPH) is severe bleeding after childbirth. Left without essential care, when a mother dies, her children face significantly higher risk of death themselves. WHO partners to stop Postpartum hemorrage (PPH) and save the lives of women and mothers. photo: KSchermbrucker/WHO 16 September 2025

Health South Africa

29. November 2025

Lifesaving Rules to Protect Postpartum Mamas

South Africa has begun applying new international guidelines that require action at just 300 mL of blood loss, enabling earlier treatment of postpartum haemorrhage and helping save lives like that of Cape Town mother Zaitoon Ragman.

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Health USA

23. November 2025

Tiny Patch Offers Big Hope for Healing the Heart

MIT engineers have developed a programmable drug-delivery patch that can be placed directly on the heart after a heart attack, facilitating the healing of damaged tissue and regenerating blood vessels in ways previously not possible.