People with rare diseases face stigma, isolation, and neglect. Addressing social and emotional impacts is crucial for better support.

Innovative collaborations are helping rare disease patient groups campaign for change and training medical students to be advocates.

Significant strides have been made to bring advocacy and engagement on rare diseases from Kenya to the global stage.

Conflict, crises, and other disruptions often drive countries to build more equitable health systems.

Poor research leads to gaps in access and quality of healthcare for women. Identifying systemic barriers is crucial for achieving UHC.

Building collaborative cancer research infrastructure can help develop affordable, scalable, and regionally appropriate solutions.

De-pathologizing higher-weight bodies is essential for combating stigma and creating a more evidence-based, weight neutral paradigm.

Research into the long-term effects of cancer treatment on children’s brains is helping guide post-recovery care.

Open conversations and better access to menstrual products are helping to destigmatise menstruation in Côte d'Ivoire.

Female genital mutilation impacts millions of girls and women. Breaking the silence around the clitoris is a global health imperative.

The relationsship between social media, cosmetic procedures and poor mental health is becoming increasingly problematic.

South Asian communities in the UK continue to grapple with toxic side effects of skin lightening practices.

Rooted in colourism and perpetuated by popular culture, the growing market for skin bleaching products is spawning a public health crisis.

Awareness of legal maternity protections can help secure the income and rights of Hong Kong’s female migrant domestic workers.

Bangladesh grapples with climate change, a rising sea, water salinity, and chronic disease. What can it do to reverse the tide?

As medical care and research remain stubbornly male-centric, a global movement is afoot to end the invisibilisation of women.

How blended finance can mitigate investment risks to attract private funds for healthcare, especially focused on NCDs.

Women make up 70% of the healthcare workforce but continue to be led by men. Why aren’t more women leading the health sector?

Locked out by stigma, transphobic politics and inequity, trans people around the world struggle to access quality and timely healthcare.

Women in India are at heightened risk for cardiovascular disease, yet struggle to access preventative, emergency and follow-up care.