Liberia: Living with fistula
Of 600 rape victims recently interviewed by a Liberian non-governmental organisation, 90 percent of the women were found to be suffering from fistulas - a vaginal tear which results in loss of bladder control and social stigmatisation. 16 May 2008 07:21

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean
Thirty-three thousand women in Latin America and the Caribbean die each year of preventable cervical cancer, caused by a virus that infects 20% of men and women in the region and as many as 30% of the youngest women, according to a new study. 14 May 2008 09:59

Mothers' Day: Protecting tomorrow's mothers
This Mothers' Day, you can give your daughter what your mother could not give you: help in preventing South Africa's most common female cancer: cervical cancer. 9 May 2008 09:39

A failure in critical health care
World's health leaders and parliamentarians convene to seek accelerated action to reduce maternal and child deaths; critical health care fails to reach most women and children in high-mortality countries. 17 Apr 2008 08:18

Somalia: Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland
Halima [not her real name], a mother of five girls, shudders whenever she remembers how she suffered after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM/Cutting), a practice still widespread in Somalia. 9 Apr 2008 05:37

New test could cut unnecessary treatment for blood disorder in pregnancy
A new test for identifying a mismatch between the blood of a pregnant woman and her baby is accurate, feasible, and could substantially reduce unnecessary treatment, finds a study published on bmj.com. 7 Apr 2008 06:32

Women's sexual disorders get medical attention in new Stanford program
Medicine is finally opening the bedroom door to women. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the male erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in 1998, many middle-aged men experienced a new lease on life, or at least on life in the bedroom. 20 Mar 2008 07:06

Accupuncture improves fertility rates in in vitro fertilisation
Adjuvent accupuncture may help women to conceive. 11 Mar 2008 13:54

Liberia: Maternal health worsened since war ended
New statistics showing an increase in maternal mortality since the end of Liberia's civil war in 2003 have created alarm among health workers who say the country's almost non-existent healthcare system is to blame. 11 Mar 2008 09:16

Call for equal access to cervical cancer treatment for all women and girls
The World Medical Association and the Medical Women's International Association as called for a comprehensive prevention strategy for reducing the threat of cervical cancer. 10 Mar 2008 10:32

Most maternal deaths in Africa preventable
A study published in PLoS Medicine this week suggests that of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa, more may die from treatable infectious diseases than from conditions directly linked to pregnancy. 25 Feb 2008 08:37

Pre-eclampsia linked to herpes virus
Australian researchers have discovered a viral link which they believe may help explain high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia) and pre-term birth. 19 Feb 2008 06:42

NIGER: Fall in rate of female genital mutilation/cutting
NIAMEY, 15 February 2008 (IRIN) - The prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Niger fell dramatically between 1998 and 2006, according to a recent government survey. 18 Feb 2008 09:06