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Researchers in Scotland are looking at how unpredictable working hours and stress affect our diet and the impact this has on our health. Variable stress levels and shift work have long been...

Neglected Tropical Diseases affect hundreds of millions of people but receive far less attention than the more well-known diseases, such as malaria. One thing they have in common is that they affect...

A Ghanaian charity is providing basic health education and literacy to rural communities in the Volta region of Ghana. Many of the health problems are due to lack of education; such as...

Claire Guest, founder and director of Medical Detection Dogs talks to Dr Ayan Panja in the studio, accompanied by Daisy, a cancer detection dog. Cancer expert, Professor Karol Sikora, gives his thoughts...

In Bangladesh a child dies every 30 minutes from drowning. With about 10,000 sq km of rivers, ponds and rice paddies, more children die from drowning than diseases. Despite this, many boys...

In Bangladesh, strong cultural and traditional ties deter women from giving birth in health centres and hospitals. Babies are dying unnecessarily In Matlab in the rural south-east of the country because their...

One in five children in Haiti is malnourished. US organisation Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) is treating 8,000 children with a high energy, nutritious peanut paste. Taken over six weeks, the...

85% of pregnant women in Bangladesh give birth at home and community health workers are trying to change this. They visit mothers throughout their pregnancy to see how they are progressing and...

Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs – business people more interested in doing good than making money – become more successful. Across Africa, millions...

In Matlab district, in south-eastern Bangladesh, the majority of mothers do not give birth in the hospital as it is too difficult for them to get there. Ruby was one of the...