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detail on a wall at the FRESH programme, where the trial was conducted

Health South Africa

5. May 2025

Fighting HIV: a Promising Sucess Story

As part of a groundbreaking HIV cure trial conducted in Durban, South Africa, 20% of participants remain off antiretroviral therapy while being virally suppressed after a year and a half, and these promising results could make a difference in the fight against the disease.

Society

Illustration of an ancient woman warrior

Society Hungary

11. April 2025

Game Changing Discovery of Ancient Women Warriors

The latest scientific reevaluation of human remains found in Sárrétudvari, Hungary, has revealed that the skeleton belongs to a woman, a discovery that puts a fresh perspective on women as ancient warriors.

Health

Chief Ebrima, his three wives, and children during the house-to-house recall of Paracetamol syrup and other drugs amidst the acute kidney injury (AKI) outbreak response, fostering community awareness and safety.

Health The World

30. March 2025

Donors Join Hands to Better Healthcare Everywhere

Generous donors are ensuring that the World Health Organization has the necessary tools to help improve healthcare facilities around the world.

Society

Sushila Gautam, 77 laughs as she becomes nervous before writing her name on the board during a writing practice in a class at the Ujyalo Community learning center in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 3, 2025.

Society Nepal

1. March 2025

Older Women Who Weren’t Sent to School Get a New Chance to Learn

Older women in Nepal are finally getting the chance to learn how to read and write.

Society

Society India

16. February 2025

Clean Toilets For Everyone (and We Mean Everyone)

Courts and tribunals across India will soon have sanitized toilets for males, females, specially-abled, and transgender people as proper sanitation is a fundamental right under the country’s Constitution.

Society

Society India

11. February 2025

A Strong Dedication to Curb Child Marriage

Progress is being made to reduce the prevalence of child marriage in India.

Society

Indonesian school children eat a free meal

Society Indonesia

23. January 2025

Free Meals for School Kids, <em>and</em> for Mamas-to-Be

Indonesia is deploying its ambitious program providing free meals to schoolchildren and pregnant women, a plan which will feed a quarter of the population once in full swing in 2029.

Health

Cervical cancer screening in Freetown. Sierra Leone

Health The World

6. December 2024

We’re Winning the Battle Against Cervical Cancer

Four years after the launch of a global strategy to end cervical cancer, the vast majority of countries are putting in place concrete measures like human papillomavirus vaccination, HPV testing, and awareness campaigns that are paying off.

Health

Mali woman watches her son who gets malaria treatment

Health Mali

5. December 2024

World First: Malaria Vaccine Offers Long-Term Protection to Expecting Moms

A recently published study shows that a malaria vaccine administered to Malian women anticipating pregnancy increasingly protected expecting mothers before and during pregnancy, a world first.

Society

Society Thailand

14. November 2024

Numbers Don’t Lie: Campaigns Lead to Less Teen Pregnancies

Thailand has successfully brought down the number of teenage mothers aged 15-19 by half over the past decade.