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Medicinal biodiversity needs stronger protection efforts
International bodies, governments and indigenous people must all help protect medicinal biodiversity, say Jeffrey A. McNeely and Sue Mainka.
OPINION | 29 April 2009 | EN
Uphill struggle against tuberculosis
Africa and India are struggling in the fight against tuberculosis, say Richard E. Chaisson, Neil A. Martinson and Vikram Paralkar.
Room for traditional medicine in Ghana?
Traditional healers can help deliver key health services in Ghana, argues Kofi Akosah-Sarpong.
OPINION | 16 May 2007 | EN
African science must regain control of local resources
Kazhila Chinsembu says Africa risks being 'enslaved' by technology it doesn't own and urges African nations to regain control over their biological resources and indigenous knowledge.
OPINION | 1 February 2006 | EN
Preventing HIV: controversial research must go on
Robert Grant and colleagues say that despite controversy surrounding trials of promising HIV preventive drugs, we must encourage such research rather than try to curb it.
Profits from indigenous knowledge must be shared
Rajesh Kochhar says profits from patents on innovations derived from traditional knowledge should be shared with the world's poor.
OPINION | 30 November 2004 | EN
In defence of traditional Chinese medicine
Tianhan Xue and Rustum Roy argue that traditional Chinese medicine texts can provide hints to effective remedies for specific diseases.
OPINION | 2 May 2003 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
