TIMELINE-Seven decades of efforts to eradicate malaria
It took four years to eliminate malaria in the United States - elsewhere it has been well over half a century and counting
10 facts about malaria and the drive for eradication by 2040
Which regions are worst affected by the deadly disease? Who is most vulnerable? What is the most effective tool to fight malaria?
In Indonesia, men don mini-skirts to end violence against women
"Too often it's about the way women dress or the way they behave. So we thought if it's really about mini-skirts, how about men wearing them?"
Czech human-trafficking gang members sentenced to jail in Britain
The victims lived in squalid conditions and were forced to work in a car wash and at a meat packing factory
Tanzania suspends some HIV programmes for gay men, says health minister
"This is essentially denial of services to people who are at the highest risk of contracting HIV"
Taste of solar power builds appetite for more in Kenya, survey finds
Early buyers of solar lighting now interested in using clean energy mini-grids to power businesses, home appliances
Help us! Women in Indian mill pen letter describing sexual abuse at work
Letter exposes widespread exploitation of women in India's multi-billion-dollar textile industry, say campaigners
EXCLUSIVE-Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women
In New York, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon, a private research institute works with clinics to send abortion pills by mail to pre-screened women
FEATURE-Zimbabwe's evicted elderly white farmers pin last hope on compensation
White landowners, evicted as part of reforms to address colonial imbalances, await compensation, but black farmers expected to stump up cash don't have it
FACTBOX-10 facts about fast urban growth on World Cities Day
More than half the world's urban population lives in Asia, 14 percent in Europe, and 13 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean