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Health Introduction

Healthcare poses a complex challenge for developing countries, interweaving problems of science, health and development.

Opinions and Analysis

Biomed Analysis: Learning from India's polio success

India's carefully targeted strategy against polio holds lessons for other countries, and for other diseases, argues Priya Shetty.

31 January 2012 | EN

Child under bednet Don't wait for wealth — better health needs basic tools

Encouraging demand for new and increasingly cheap interventions available now can boost health in developing countries, says Charles Kenny.

17 January 2012 | EN | ES

Policy Briefs

Controlling insect pests with GM technology

Genetically modified insects provide a new method for controlling insect-borne diseases and agricultural insect pests.

8 July 2010 | EN
Source: The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Improving early childhood nutrition

Nutritional interventions can improve health, save lives and boost economic growth but only if implemented before the age of two.

20 January 2010 | EN
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute


News and Features

UN headquarters UN 'needs greater integration between science and policy'

A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.

3 February 2012 | EN

Isla Granito de Oro, Coiba National Park Panama is first to benefit from fund to tackle biopiracy

A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

1 February 2012 | EN | ES

Practical Guides

A researcher among a bank of DNA analysis machines Keeping genomics in perspective

Reporting healthcare genomics in the real world — tips from K.S. Jayaraman on uncovering hype, tackling the issues and staying relevant.

17 December 2010 | EN | ES | FR