AFP - Chinese drug firms have appealed a court ruling upholding US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's China patent for its impotency drug Viagra, both sides have said.

AFP - African countries should demystify sex in order to effectively deal with abuses, human reproductive experts told a pan-African conference on sexual health and rights.

Reuters - The first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer won U.S. approval on Thursday, a step welcomed as a major advance against a disease that kills about 300,000 women worldwide each year.

AFP - Female genital mutilation greatly increases the risk of complications at childbirth and of having a baby that will die during or after birth, according to a UN study published by The Lancet.