Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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Infectious diseases are responsible for one in two deaths in developing countries, where poverty, limited access to health care, drug resistance and a changing environment make populations particularly vulnerable.
(Photo credit: WHO/P.Virot)
Opinions and Analysis
Research needed to tackle neglected disease uncertainties
The revised malaria death toll suggests a need for research into uncertainties in controlling neglected tropical diseases, says Mark Booth.
7 February 2012
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Source: New Statesman
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
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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
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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
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Source: International Food Policy Research Institute
News and Features
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
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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
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Pakistani medical labs lax on biosafety, survey finds
8 February 2012
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Drug could hit two neglected diseases at once
6 February 2012
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Practical Guides
The A–Z of HIV/AIDS reporting
Guidance on HIV/AIDS reporting, from selling a story to your editor to a 'who's who' of the HIV/AIDS world.
28 October 2009
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Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation
How to report a disease outbreak or pandemic
Sensationalism is no substitute for sound science when reporting disease outbreaks, say Fang Xuanchang, Jia Hepeng and Katherine Nightingale.
