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

Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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