A study reveals a link between urbanisation and malaria, raising hope that cities sprouting in developing nations will help reduce malaria.

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

GM-produced artemisinin is deemed to be comparable in quality to the plant-derived version, but should be cheaper to produce.

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

China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.

Health services can use new technology to save lives, but only if local people and governments back the switch, an event has heard.

DVD players and discs could soon be used as affordable diagnostics for diseases such as HIV, say researchers.

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

Genome sequencing has revealed surprising new malaria parasites in Cambodia that are resistant to artemisinin, the frontline drug treatment.

A diagnostic test targeting syphilis and an oral antibiotic could be used together to help eradicate yaws disease, a WHO meeting was told.

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.

A candidate vaccine against Chagas disease elicited high immunity in mice, and proved to be safe and simple to produce.

A how-to video published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments explains how to turn a mobile phone into a diagnostic device.

Researchers confirm that selenium deficiency is endemic in Malawi, and suggest enriching fertiliser with the nutrient to tackle the problem.

WHO researchers have pinned chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka on heavy metals in agrochemicals.

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.

An artificial vaccine could be modified to use against problematic forms of foot-and-mouth disease that hit subsistence farmers.