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Chagas disease: neglected no more?

Researchers are stepping up efforts to finding new treatments for Chagas disease, with three drug candidates in clinical trials.

Source: Science

6 September 2011 | EN | ES

Kenyan AIDS vaccine work boosts African research

The pursuit of an AIDS vaccine has boosted African research and capacity to conduct trials, and encouraged other countries to follow suit.

Source: USAID FrontLines

9 August 2011 | EN

Girl receiving oral polio vaccine

Disease eradication: where are we at now?

Thirty years since the eradication of smallpox, we are yet to beat polio and malaria, and scientists are discussing new courses of action.

Source: Science

14 January 2011 | EN

Study reviews dengue vaccine candidates

A new study has evaluated the 12 potential vaccines against dengue fever, discussing the challenges facing their development.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases

3 November 2009 | ES

Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures

Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.

9 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Climate complexities stoke disease controversies

Modelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely complex — and increasingly controversial, explains Justine Davies.

9 September 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Chagas disease: The lost century

It is a hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease — and in some ways it has been a lost century, say campaigners.

17 July 2009 | EN

The pros and cons of GM mosquitoes

A proposal for tackling dengue fever has caused controversy because it would involve releasing GM mosquitoes into the wild.

Source: Newsweek

30 June 2009 | EN