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Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Infectious diseases are responsible for one in two deaths in developing countries, where poverty, limited access to health care, drug resistance and a changing environment make populations particularly vulnerable.
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Opinions and Analysis
South Africa needs an HIV/AIDS truth commission
A truth commission can account for South Africa's past HIV/AIDS denialist policies and rebuild trust, says AIDS expert, Salim S. Abdool Karim.
BioMed Analysis: Pooling patents for HIV drugs
A UNITAID patent pool could revolutionise HIV treatment and research in developing countries — if payment can be agreed, says Priya Shetty.
Home-grown vaccines are crucial for public health
23 September 2009
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Policy Briefs
Policies to reduce malaria regardless of climate change
Policies to combat malaria are needed regardless of climate change, which has a far smaller impact on the disease than human activity.
9 September 2009
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Source: Sustainable Development Network
Reducing the adverse health effects of climate change
Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental conditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.
9 September 2009
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Source: The Bulletin of the WHO
News and Features
Swine flu science update: 5 November 2009
A round up of articles about vaccine distribution in the developing world, flu virus survival strategies, thermal screening, and more.
5 November 2009
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Tapeworm link with epilepsy 'far higher' than thought
Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.
2 November 2009
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Insecticide 'wallpaper' lethal to malaria mosquitoes
30 October 2009
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Diarrhoea kills over a million over-fives each year
30 October 2009
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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
How to report a disease outbreak or pandemic
Sensationalism is no substitute for sound science when reporting disease outbreaks, say Fang Xuanchang, Jia Hepeng and Katherine Nightingale.
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