Widespread rape and murder continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa, but CSU academic Dr Elaine Dietsch says her annual visit to the strife-torn country puts trans-cultural midwifery, primary health care and women's and children's health into a global perspective for her.

Providing real solutions to close the gap in health services between metropolitan and rural Australia has prompted three key researchers at CSU to devise a blueprint for rural health based on human rights.

The rape of women and little girls as a strategy by rival factions in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a shocking reality for a Charles Sturt University academic.

Regional Australia is in the grip of a chronic shortage of health workers. Charles Sturt University, as one of the nation’s fastest growing providers of rural health professionals, could hold some solutions to this problem.

As our world threatens to become a warmer place, according to the International Panel for Climate Change, a senior Charles Sturt University researcher investigates how the big picture could affect some of the world’s smallest inhabitants – and our health.

An orphanage has become the centre of a strengthening mutual relationship between Charles Sturt University and children with disabilities in Vietnam.

Australia’s rural communities are well behind their metropolitan cousins in screening for complications from diabetes. A Charles Sturt University research group is developing cost-effective methods for bringing specialist diagnostic tools to rural and remote health clinics to address problems with the rapidly growing disease, particularly among older Australians.