Sexual health

Dating apps are broken and users are paying the price

Singaporeans report feeling unsafe or experiencing harassment on dating platforms, yet continuing to use them because alternatives feel limited, says the writer.

Living with stigma, state inaction: What it’s like for some of Indonesia’s HIV-positive kids

wyhiv - Playtime at a repurposed school building in eastern Solo, Central Java, turned shelter for 19 HIV-positive children. The modest home is run by three volunteers, who depend on private donations to stay afloat.
Credit: Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja

China adds tax to condoms as it works to boost birth rates

Under the newly revised Value-Added Tax Law, consumers will pay a 13 per cent levy on items that had been VAT-exempt since 1993.

Commentary

The shifting sex industry in Singapore and the need for better screening for sex workers

The sex industry the Medical Surveillance Scheme was designed for has changed.

Man enough to heal: Redefining masculinity after prostate cancer

Many men delay testing because they worry that a diagnosis will rob them of sexual function or their sense of manhood.

‘Learning about sex is not dirty’: Japan using sex education to keep kindergarten kids safe

Officials and educators say early lessons in body awareness can help children speak up when something feels wrong.

Pakistan’s transgender people struggle to get safe surgery

Some transgender people in Pakistan say that although gender transition is legal according to the law, it is not accepted in society.

Pakistani parents rebuff cervical cancer vaccine over infertility misinformation

A health worker (R) speaks with a woman and her daughter in Karachi on September 24, 2025, during a door-to-door human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive against cervical cancer, most frequently diagnosed in women. Misinformation about a vaccine campaign to protect Pakistani girls against cervical cancer led parents to slam their doors in the faces of healthcare workers and schools to shut for days in an attempt to stymie the effort. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

UN proposes closing UNAids in 2026 as funding cuts bite

$12.4 million in contraceptives have been destroyed on orders from Trump officials

The warehouse in Belgium where millions of contraceptives bought by the US Agency for International Development were stored when the US government defunded the agency.

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