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China's Olympian efforts to tackle air pollution

Chinese action on Olympic air pollution is a huge experiment that will be closely watched across China, and further afield, writes Wang Ying.

6 August 2008 | EN | 中文

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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.

23 July 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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Chronic diseases: Facts and figures

Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.

23 July 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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Q&A: Grand challenges in chronic diseases

Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.

23 July 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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Clay filters clean up in Sri Lanka

A low-tech clay water filter is proving successful in Sri Lanka, cutting disease levels and saving on fuel costs.

Source: IRIN

15 July 2008 | EN

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Q&A: Advocating open source drugs

Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.

12 June 2008 | EN | 中文

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Antibiotic resistance and the developing world

Many factors are increasing antibiotic resistance, and authorities, doctors and patients all have a role in fighting it, writes Jia Hepeng.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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Antibiotic resistance: Frequently asked questions

Priya Shetty answers some common questions surrounding antibiotic resistance, and the dangers for the developing world.

26 March 2008 | EN | ES | FR

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Zambia sets an example in malaria control

Researchers in Zambia are trying to eradicate malaria in rural areas, reduce deaths and set an example in malaria control.

Source: Nature

6 March 2008 | EN | 中文

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Mental health research: Falling through the gaps

Priorities for research into mental illness in the developing world are not the same as those in the West, writes Katherine Nightingale.

25 January 2008 | EN | 中文

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Turning plants into pills in Kenya

Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

13 December 2007 | EN

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Purging Malawi's peanuts of deadly aflatoxin

Local efforts to put an end to aflatoxin outbreaks are helping groundnut farmers back to prosperity, reports Charles Mkoka.

7 November 2007 | EN | FR

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Course enhances Latin American epidemiology

A US-sponsored course is helping increase South America's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, write Andreas G. Lescano and colleagues.

Source: Science

31 October 2007 | EN | 中文

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Fighting for sight in the developing world

T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.

11 October 2007 | EN | ES

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Afghanistan's opium dilemma

The UN wants Afghanistan's opium industry destroyed, but legalisation could provide a new source of analgesics for the developing world.

Source: Nature

25 September 2007 | EN | 中文

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Race for dengue vaccine speeds up

Scientists are finally getting nearer a dengue fever vaccine, as the disease explodes throughout South-East Asia.

Source: Science

19 September 2007 | EN | 中文

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China's drug agency under scrutiny

China's political and economic environment is partly responsible for problems in the State Food and Drug Administration, writes Jia Hepeng.

Source: Nature Biotechnology/

9 August 2007 | EN | 中文

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South African HIV trial gets long-awaited go ahead

After years of legal wrangling and controversy, authorities finally approved an anti-HIV drug trial. Sharon Davis and Christina Scott report.

9 August 2007 | EN

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Fighting over the fly factory

Ethiopia has grand plans for wiping out its tsetse fly population but is it going about it the right way? Martin Enserink reports.

Source: Science

23 July 2007 | EN

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Science shapes outcome of Libyan HIV trial

Scientific evidence helped bring clemency for the medics found guilty of infecting Libyan children with HIV, writes Declan Butler.

Source: Nature

20 July 2007 | EN | 中文