Moving beyond aid to set the global health agenda
An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.

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An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.
India has a heavy TB burden but has the technological capacity to deal with it. T.V. Padma reports.
3 November 2011 | EN
GAVI's model of giving "more and more money" is unsustainable and unaffordable, say critics.
Source: The Guardian
14 June 2011 | EN
Priya Shetty explores the tools and partnerships that help the public health community counter the threat of counterfeit medicines.
New TB vaccines are facing a major funding shortfall, says Mićo Tatalović, and some countries seem resistant to accepting a future vaccine.
Thirty years since the eradication of smallpox, we are yet to beat polio and malaria, and scientists are discussing new courses of action.
Source: Science
14 January 2011 | EN
Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.
20 November 2009 | EN
Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.
The United States should invest in developing-world health and science for diplomatic and ethical reasons, argues one of its top science advisers.
Source: The Times
Polio is still with us, and scientists are having to rethink vaccination strategies for developing countries in the hope of eradication.
Source: Science
12 February 2009 | EN
A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.
Source: Science
Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.
Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.
Many factors are increasing antibiotic resistance, and authorities, doctors and patients all have a role in fighting it, writes Jia Hepeng.
Researchers in Zambia are trying to eradicate malaria in rural areas, reduce deaths and set an example in malaria control.
Source: Nature
T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.
Priya Shetty looks at the prevalence and distribution of tuberculosis in the developing world, outlining the truths — and myths — about this disease.
27 June 2007 | EN
Jill McGivering and Ed Cropley report on how fake drugs and poor education increase resistance to antimalarials in South-East Asia.
Source: BBC and Reuters
The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.
Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.
11 October 2006 | EN