Skip Navigation

Health: Health policy

News

Here is a list of the latest articles

Model to predict cholera outbreaks earlier, better

A new cholera prediction model can warn of outbreaks 11 months in advance and also describe the possible severity.

14 February 2012 | EN

Young girl having blood drawn as part of malaria trial

Scientists dispute basis for malaria deaths claim

Critics have questioned the methods of a study claiming that the WHO has greatly underestimated the number of malaria fatalities.

10 February 2012 | EN

Pakistani medical labs lax on biosafety, survey finds

Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.

8 February 2012 | EN

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

Boy with filariasis

Public-private push against neglected diseases unveiled

Unprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.

31 January 2012 | EN | ES

Infant being immunised

Areas with low malaria rates 'need mass vaccination'

A modelling study of a promising malaria vaccine finds low transmission areas would benefit the most from mass vaccination.

25 January 2012 | EN

India faces totally drug-resistant TB

Indian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.

19 January 2012 | EN

Hospital beds

Fines expose failings in policing of Indian drug trials

Recent scandals have exposed weaknesses in India's ability to police its own doctors as they participate in international drug trials.

17 January 2012 | EN

A woman with a clean cooking stove

Emissions cuts also offer quick health and crop benefits

Cutting methane and soot emissions could quickly tackle climate change while boosting crops and health, says a study.

13 January 2012 | EN

Clinical trial

US 'should be more open' to other nations' trial ethics

US-funded medical trials overseas could follow local ethical procedures if they offer 'equivalent protection', says a report.

20 December 2011 | EN | ES

Tippy-tap hand washing

African e-health 'moving in wrong direction'

High-tech healthcare from rich countries is distracting Africa from more powerful uses of e-health, a conference in Kenya has heard.

2 December 2011 | EN

Vaccination campaign in Africa

Report urges regional collaboration on clinical trials

Joining forces would save countries money on clinical trials, and speed up drug development for neglected diseases, says a report.

1 November 2011 | EN | FR

A researcher in an African lab

Africa must spend 'a lot more' on non-communicable disease

A rising burden of non-communicable diseases in Africa requires more investment in science, a conference has heard.

28 October 2011 | EN | FR

Pakistan’s polio pool defies immunisation drives

Pakistan’s struggle to contain its polio cases has been crippled by floods, conflict and poor awareness.

28 October 2011 | EN

Pills

First major drug company draws on HIV/AIDS patent pool

Indian company Aurobindo Pharma will manufacture several antiretroviral medicines licensed to the Medicines Patent Pool.

24 October 2011 | EN | ES

Researcher in Guatemala

Online forum seeks to boost work of ethics committees

A new website aims to improve medical ethics in developing nations by providing information and a forum for discussion.

7 October 2011 | EN | ES

Vaccine research 'is top HIV/AIDS funding priority'

A panel including Nobel laureate economists has said that vaccine research is the biggest HIV/AIDS funding priority.

Source: Nature

6 October 2011 | EN

Pakistan seeks Asian help in dengue research

Pakistan is tapping Asian expertise in dengue research, but this does not extend to improving surveillance.

23 September 2011 | EN

Infant under bednet

Malaria deaths could vanish in ten years, claims report

Deaths from malaria could be almost stamped out if progress made so far in fighting the disease is maintained, claims a report.

22 September 2011 | EN | ES | FR

Using mobile phone to gather disease data

New technologies altering healthcare landscape, says UN report

Technologies such as mobile phones are generating new business models that are opening up healthcare opportunities for women and children.

20 September 2011 | EN