Overlooked infection kills 150,000 babies a year, mostly in Africa - study
Nearly one in five pregnant women worldwide is infected with Group B Streptococcus
Harvard honors Elton John for work fighting HIV/AIDS
Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus worldwide
Elite London gentleman's club bends its rules to accept a transgender woman
The club bent its rules after one of its existing members transitioned into a female
Doctors in Uganda's public hospitals strike over pay and supplies
Doctors lack necessities like gloves, painkillers and disinfectant
Nigeria offers to meet militants after ceasefire cancelled in oil region
The government has been in talks to address grievances over poverty and oil pollution but local groups have complained that no progress has been made
Death toll from Vietnam storm tops 60 and dams near bursting
More than 80,000 homes damaged
Focused on ending hunger, Africa neglects rising obesity
In Africa people are often unaware that highly processed foods are unhealthy and do not necessarily see being overweight as a problem
PNG court to rule on bid to restore food, water to detention centre
The men in the Manus Island facility have defied attempts by Australia and PNG to close the camp, saying they fear violent reprisals from the local community
Hunger rises in South Sudan in "man-made tragedy"
More than 1.1 mln children under five children are forecast to be malnourished in 2018 including nearly 300,000 "at a heightened risk of death"