Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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Functioning public health systems are critical to managing disease treatment and control in developing countries, where access to care and medicine is often poor.
(Photo credit: WHO/P.Virot)
Opinions and Analysis
Biomed Analysis: Learning from India's polio success
India's carefully targeted strategy against polio holds lessons for other countries, and for other diseases, argues Priya Shetty.
31 January 2012
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Don't wait for wealth — better health needs basic tools
Encouraging demand for new and increasingly cheap interventions available now can boost health in developing countries, says Charles Kenny.
Redesign trials to integrate Asian, Western medicine
4 January 2012
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Source: Nature
Biomed Analysis: Rolling out what works in mobile health
21 December 2011
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Policy Briefs
Reducing the adverse health effects of climate change
Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental conditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.
9 September 2009
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Source: The Bulletin of the WHO
Better research capacity means better decision-making
Building local research capacity can lead to more effective decision-making based on scientific findings in mother and newborn health.
6 February 2009
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Source: Towards 4+5
News and Features
Model to predict cholera outbreaks earlier, better
A new cholera prediction model can warn of outbreaks 11 months in advance and also describe the possible severity.
14 February 2012
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Pakistani medical labs lax on biosafety, survey finds
Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.
8 February 2012
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Argentina to create diagnostic kit for Chagas disease
26 January 2012
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Areas with low malaria rates 'need mass vaccination'
25 January 2012
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Practical Guides
How to report a disease outbreak or pandemic
Sensationalism is no substitute for sound science when reporting disease outbreaks, say Fang Xuanchang, Jia Hepeng and Katherine Nightingale.
