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Okavango Delta at sunset

Building science bridges in Botswana

The Okavango Research Institute is drawing on African and international expertise to tackle challenges in a broad range of disciplines.

Source: TWAS

24 April 2012 | EN | FR

Carel IJsselmuiden

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.

12 January 2012 | EN | FR

Can India deliver affordable TB diagnostics?

India has a heavy TB burden but has the technological capacity to deal with it. T.V. Padma reports.

3 November 2011 | EN

Under fire: critics challenge GAVI's vaccine spending practices

GAVI's model of giving "more and more money" is unsustainable and unaffordable, say critics.

Source: The Guardian

14 June 2011 | EN

Counterfeit drugs: Facts & figures

Priya Shetty explores the tools and partnerships that help the public health community counter the threat of counterfeit medicines.

30 March 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Girl gets a TB vaccine in South Africa

TB vaccines: getting them out of the lab

New TB vaccines are facing a major funding shortfall, says Mićo Tatalović, and some countries seem resistant to accepting a future vaccine.

24 March 2011 | EN | ES

Girl receiving oral polio vaccine

Disease eradication: where are we at now?

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

Q&A: Health systems innovation with Gill Samuels

Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.

20 November 2009 | EN

Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures

Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.

9 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

US investment in Southern science is 'good diplomacy'

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

6 April 2009 | EN | FR | 中文

The search for a polio-vanquishing vaccine

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

Plumpy'nut

Treating malnutrition proves a sticky business

A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.

Source: Science

3 October 2008 | EN | 中文

Therapeutic vaccines: a new hope for chronic diseases?

Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

23 July 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Abdallah Daar

Q&A: Grand challenges in chronic diseases

Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.

23 July 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Antibiotic resistance and the developing world

Many factors are increasing antibiotic resistance, and authorities, doctors and patients all have a role in fighting it, writes Jia Hepeng.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Zambia sets an example in malaria control

Researchers in Zambia are trying to eradicate malaria in rural areas, reduce deaths and set an example in malaria control.

Source: Nature

6 March 2008 | EN | 中文

A man in Rajasthan, India, who has a cataract

Fighting for sight in the developing world

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.

11 October 2007 | EN | ES

Tuberculosis: Facts & figures

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

Fake and genuine drugs are hard to tell apart

Resistance spreads: malaria in South-East Asia

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

12 June 2007 | EN | 中文

Manufacturing of artemisinin-derived drugs in China

China's malaria wars: the battle over monotherapy

The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.

1 May 2007 | EN | 中文