Rising heat at work is major new climate threat - U.N.
Searing temperatures will cost emerging economies up to 10 percent in lost work hours, if emissions not cut further
South Asia clothing industry can employ millions more women, boost growth - World Bank
"The apparel sector offers a promising and realistic entry point for women into the formal labour force, thanks to a high wage premium compared to agriculture" - World Bank
Is the "big switch" the final piece in the polio jigsaw?
Polio transmission may not be stopped in 2016 as hoped but, if the world is not complacent, next year remains a very realistic target
Charity urges price cut for pneumonia vaccine for poor children
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres took a petition, and a baby's crib, to Pfizer's headquarters
Pakistan court orders ruling on Muslim NGO's illegal sharia courts
Western officials regard the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a front for the militant group behind the 2008 attack on Mumbai
Give companies incentives to tackle modern slavery
We hope the Stop Slavery Awards will take us all a step closer to putting the business of modern slavery out of business
More migrants ferried from Greece to Turkey under EU deal
Just over 340 people have so far been returned to Turkey since April 4 under the accord agreed with the European Union in March
Preventing childhood pneumonia in India: the case for vaccines
New vaccines, previously out of reach for a majority of children, will soon be available free of cost for those that are most vulnerable to deadly diseases
ANALYSIS - Three years after Rana Plaza disaster, has anything changed?
"Every factory is still a tinder box, and effective ways to ensure day-to-day safety are still not in place"