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Recommendations for governments, civil society and international partners on addressing food and nutrition concerns in the context of HIV.

An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.

The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.

Recommendations on how policymakers can decrease the joint burden of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Despite the urgent need for a malaria vaccine, progress in developing one has been slow and scientists do not always agree on the best way forward. This policy brief outlines the current status of malaria vaccine research.

An outline of the opportunities and challenges in large-scale use of artemisinin combination therapies to treat malaria.

Insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria

Sudden epidemics of malaria need to be tackled quickly to stop them spiralling out of control; an early warning system could help predict outbreaks to mobilise a fast response.

The past decade has seen the development and, in some cases, adoption of national legislation to protect indigenous knowledge (IK) in certain countries and regions. Manuel Ruiz identifies and analyses the issues raised by the best-known IK protection laws and policies.

Recent years have seen rising interest in the commercial exploitation of indigenous knowledge. But there are serious concerns over who benefits from this knowledge. Anju Sharma puts this debate into context by describing how the issue is being played out at the global level.

A growing number of critics of 'bioprospecting' complain that companies often fail to adequately compensate holders of traditional knowledge, and that patents on products developed in this way are actually a form of intellectual piracy.