SciDev.Net
Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Healthcare poses a complex challenge for developing countries, interweaving problems of science, health and development.
Opinions and Analysis
Glaxo sets example to other drug companies
A Nature editorial praises GlaxoSmithKline for sharing its database of potential malaria drugs and urges others to follow suit.
2 February 2010
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Source: Nature
BioMed Analysis: Don't overlook nutrition in disease fight
Researchers and donors are not giving nutrition the attention it deserves, says Priya Shetty.
21 January 2010
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Policy Briefs
Improving early childhood nutrition
Nutritional interventions can improve health, save lives and boost economic growth but only if implemented before the age of two.
20 January 2010
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Source: International Food Policy Research Institute
Tackling malnutrition with traditional knowledge
Traditional knowledge can inform strategies for improving nutrition and help vulnerable populations cope with environmental change.
20 January 2010
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Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
News and Features
Cambodia finds cool solution for clinic storage
Low-tech 'cool boxes' that extend the shelf life of malaria tests in remote Cambodian clinics are being rolled out across the nation.
3 February 2010
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Dengue fever surges in Americas
Dengue cases are almost five times more frequent than they were in the 1980s — and the disease is getting more severe, say researchers.
South–South collaboration ‘important in managing HIV’
2 February 2010
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Practical Guides
The A–Z of HIV/AIDS reporting
Guidance on HIV/AIDS reporting, from selling a story to your editor to a 'who's who' of the HIV/AIDS world.
28 October 2009
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Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation
Information Services
New ways to fund R&D
A WHO group did support radical ways of increasing disease R&D, argues a member
Ending the scourge of diarrhoea
A vaccine against rotavirus works even in developing country conditions
Sleeping sickness
In Uganda, cattle markets are revealed to be at the centre of the disease hotspots
Hidden hunger
Rising levels of carbon dioxide will decrease the nutritional value of major cereal crops
Priced out of nutrition
The economic crisis is increasing global hunger — nutritional interventions are desperately needed
Food safety matters
Food safety is just as important as food availability when it comes to improving nutrition
Nutrition: facts and figures
The facts and figures on failing food: malnutrition reaches far wider than simple starvation
