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News
Poverty affects HIV/AIDS treatment adherance, study finds
Women of low social position are less likely to adhere HIV/AIDS treatment, a Colombian study has found.
9 February 2010
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Chemistry course for school teachers 'a success'
Teachers from five Latin American countries are the first to have trialled a UNESCO course intended to bring science to schoolchildren in a safe, cheap way.
8 February 2010
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Scientists suggest tyres and straw for rebuilding Haiti
5 February 2010
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Source: Science
Japan to fund Bolivia’s glacier studies
5 February 2010
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Features
Mexican scientists reflect on swine flu lessons
University scientists say they were under-used during the flu crisis because of a poor relationship with government laboratories.
Q&A: Will Lidia Brito put the science back into UNESCO?
UNESCO has a new science policy division head. Lidia Brito talks to SciDev.Net about her plans.
Editorial
Biodiversity loss matters, and communication is crucial
Communicating why biodiversity loss matters for people is essential for reversing it.
Opinions
GM crops: still not a panacea for poor farmers
GM crops have been hailed as a 'pro-poor' technology, but the reality is much more complicated, says technology researcher Dominic Glover.
9 February 2010
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‘Good start’ for science in Nicaragua
The signing of a science law in the next few months, and a collaboration with Spain, are good signs for Nicaraguan science, says a scientist.
28 January 2010
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