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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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