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African ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.

Developing countries must adopt effective policies on technology transfer that meet the needs of all social classes, including the poorest.

The new head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, must balance both political and scientific pressures if she is to succeed at improving global health efforts.

There is a need to link up the thousands of communications technology initiatives littered across the developing world, but is another UN technocracy the right answer?