A trial which combines microfinance with gender and HIV education has contributed to a 55% drop in the incidence of intimate partner violence, a key factor in HIV transmission, among a group of poo

A review of research has revealed striking similarities in the influences on young people's sexual behaviour across the world.

A review of research has revealed striking similarities in the influences on young people's sexual behaviour across the world.

A leading population expert will today make a plea for a revitalisation of the family planning agenda in the world's poorest countries, cautioning that soaring population rates are now a bigger thr

A study which provides the first ever comprehensive analysis of sexual behaviour around the world is published today in The Lancet, as part of a major series on sexual and reproductive hea

European commissioners will miss a valuable opportunity to improve the health of their fellow citizens if they give in to pressure from the alcohol industry and vote not to adopt a European alcohol

A study published today in the BMJ journal Injury Prevention calls for greater vigilance in ensuring that car manufacturers are fully committed to promoting road safety interventions that are based

Experts will issue a stark warning today that Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to reduce maternal deaths by 75% before 2015, will only be met with intensified commitment and a focus

David Ross and a number of colleagues from within the School have been actively involved with colleagues in the World Health Organisation (WHO) and others in a UNAIDS Task Team on Young People revi

Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals.

A study published today in the online edition of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface has been exploring the likelihood that vCJD might be spread via the reuse of surgical instruments, and ca

New research based on the internal documents of one of the world's biggest tobacco companies, British American Tobacco (BAT), suggests that it been complicit in the smuggling of tobacco into China