Putting science
at the heart of development
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.
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Opinions and Analysis
Invest in health systems for a balanced approach
Funding for programmes that target major diseases should be matched by investment in the health systems that underpin them, says Ghana's Irene Akua Agyepong.
3 April 2013
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Taking the global out of health campaigns
The last stages of polio eradication suggest a new model of health campaigns much more responsive to global changes and local context.
Biomed Analysis: The social side of vaccine effectiveness
18 October 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
India develops cheap rotavirus vaccine
A cheap vaccine developed in India against rotavirus could add substantially to protection against diarrhoea.
16 May 2013
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China-Africa joint medical research to deepen
China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.
7 May 2013
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Nanowire device may help tackle malaria drug resistance
25 April 2013
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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.
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