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India develops cheap rotavirus vaccine

A cheap vaccine developed in India against rotavirus could add substantially to protection against diarrhoea.

16 May 2013 | EN

Kenya goes digital to report drug-safety issues

Kenya is replacing an unwieldy drug-reporting process with an online system that allows healthcare workers to track safety in real time.

10 May 2013 | EN

Cuban aid workers set up health centre help for Haitians

Huge health inequalities in Latin America revealed

The quality of healthcare available in Latin America varies dramatically from leading-nation Cuba down to struggling Haiti, an index reveals.

6 May 2013 | EN | ES

Schistosomiasis on the urinary bladder

Schistosomiasis control a route to cutting HIV in Africa

Reducing schistosomiasis infections is a cost-effective way of also cutting HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa, say researchers.

23 April 2013 | EN

vaccine patch

Global vaccination plan marches ahead amid criticism

A global plan to help reach the world's 22 million unvaccinated children may not be doing enough for developing nations, MSF says.

19 April 2013 | EN

Manipulation equipment

Developing countries unprepared for research misconduct

Research into the extent of scientific misconduct in developing countries highlights the need to combat it, say researchers.

11 April 2013 | EN | ES

Baby, visiting doctor, receiving oral polio vaccine

Scientists back roadmap to rid world of polio by 2018

A new plan to eliminate polioviruses could eradicate the disease within five years, say 400 experts in a declaration today.

11 April 2013 | EN

India to award biotech solutions in health and farming

India hopes to boost biotech research in health, nutrition and agriculture through official awards.

10 April 2013 | EN

MSF campaign poster

Indian court's Novartis ruling keeps door to cheap drugs open

After a lengthy court battle, India has rejected a major cancer drug patent bid — meaning lifesaving drugs will remain cheap and accessible.

2 April 2013 | EN

Data gaps in aid impact must be filled, urges review

Without new methods of assessing the impact of development aid on maternal health, its influence will remain unclear, says a review.

21 March 2013 | EN

Malnourished children

Antibiotics could cut deaths from malnutrition

Two separate studies suggest that antibiotics might be a useful addition to emergency food supplements for malnourished children.

11 March 2013 | EN

Plantation worker in Malaysia

A deadly malaria strand tightens its grip in Malaysia

Infection rates for severe malaria are growing in Malaysia — accounting for 35 per cent of infections, compared to one per cent in 1992.

7 March 2013 | EN

Favela on a slope

Housing improvements linked to good health

A sufficient amount of space and a comfortable living temperature are good predictors of better health, finds a Cochrane review.

6 March 2013 | EN | ES

A couple and their child in Africa

Extra-couple sex 'is key HIV transmission factor in Africa'

One of the driving factors in new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa remains sex outside relationships.

27 February 2013 | EN

Polio vaccinations in Nigeria

Scientists strive to make global disease data more useful

Methodological issues are plaguing efforts to make the Global Burden of Disease study more meaningful and useful for developing countries.

21 February 2013 | EN

A selection of pills

Lack of access to technology 'hampers detection of substandard drugs'

Global drug markets are awash with low quality medicine, partly because of inadequate testing in poor countries, says a US report.

19 February 2013 | EN | ES | FR

Mosquitero LLIN

Local preferences affect use of bednets against malaria

Policies to introduce anti-malaria bednets endorsed by WHO must consider context and preferences of users to be successful, says study.

16 February 2013 | ES

Dengue virus infected cell

Social visits could undermine standard dengue fever controls

Human house-to-house movements play a key role in the transmission of the dengue virus, which could thwart control efforts, says a study

28 January 2013 | EN | ES

Pakistan fears spurt in polio, measles cases

Violent opposition to immunisation programmes has resulted in a spike in cases of polio and measles in Pakistan.

28 January 2013 | EN

Disabled person using wheelchair in Uganda

Dearth of research on disability hampers poverty goals

The complex relationship between disability and poverty needs more research, which could lead to more inclusive aid and health policies.

24 January 2013 | EN