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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.
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Opinions and Analysis
Africa must prepare now for malaria vaccine
African countries must set money aside for malaria vaccines now, and hire business leaders to run control programmes, says Tom Egwang.
20 August 2008
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Cancer in Africa needs a local approach
Cancer care in Africa faces the same challenges as general healthcare, but also needs local data and targeted solutions, says Twalib Ngoma.
Policy Briefs
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
News and Features
Study reveals higher burden of dementia in the South
The prevalence of dementia in developing countries has been underestimated, according to new research.
Therapeutic vaccines: a new hope for chronic diseases?
Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.
Task force to tackle infertility in developing countries
17 July 2008
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Information Services
China's Olympian pollution problem
Beijing's air pollution monitoring will be watched during the Olympics and beyond
Kidney disease baffles Sri Lanka doctors
An epidemic of kidney disease among farming communities is puzzling Sri Lankan researchers
