A WHO study that blames arsenic for rising levels of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka is in conflict with another report that points to poor quality drinking water, report Dilrukshi Handunnetti and Smriti Daniel.

Science cafés — where scientists talk to local people at popular meeting places — are gaining popularity in Africa, as Esther Nakkazi reports.

Nutrient-rich foods could combat malnutrition — but getting from the lab to the plate is proving a challenge.

A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.

Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.

Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.

A US-sponsored course is helping increase South America's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, write Andreas G. Lescano and colleagues.

Scientists are finally getting nearer a dengue fever vaccine, as the disease explodes throughout South-East Asia.

Ethiopia has grand plans for wiping out its tsetse fly population but is it going about it the right way? Martin Enserink reports.

Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.

A new vaccine for Japanese encephalitis is to be tested in Indian children — to the dismay of critics, reports K. S. Jayaraman.

Mary Moran argues that profits are not the only way to spur research into neglected diseases; non-profit public-private partnerships have much to offer.

Paroma Basu reports on the challenges of vaccinating 60,000 people against cholera and typhoid in one of the world's largest clinical trials.

A non-profit pharmaceutical company closes in on its goal of making cheap and effective drugs for neglected disease — starting with leishmaniasis.