Aid cuts are projected to leave a US$185m gap in contraceptive funding in 2026. Ethiopia, Zambia and six other countries have pledged more than US$175m of their own money, while clinic closures and shipping delays hit women in sub-Saharan Africa hardest. Contraceptive...
Diagnosis of autism in girls is catching up with boys in Scotland and Sweden. In a large US health system, though, girls and women were still diagnosed an average of 3.4 years later than boys and men. Scotland’s autism diagnosis gap between boys and girls is...
WHO’s new contraception guidelines, published on 23 September 2026, support the etonogestrel implant for up to five years, following five-year licences in the US and UK. The change could mean fewer procedures and lower costs for women and health systems,...
Five-year breast cancer survival ranges from more than 90% in Australia and Japan to 29.9% in Somalia, the first global estimates show. Countries from Mauritius to Denmark show the gap can narrow when cancers are found early and treated quickly. In Mauritius,...
Boehringer Ingelheim and the WHO Foundation have launched a US$5m obesity collaboration with no countries named and no commitment to women. Women carry a larger share of the global obesity burden, and existing guidelines already show what a women-aware programme could...
