Africa’s neglected HIV killer

Doctors say more diagnostic testing is needed for cryptococcal meningitis, a deadly disease affecting people with HIV.

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Cryptococcal meningitis: Africa’s neglected HIV killer

Greater diagnostic testing for cryptococcal meningitis could help avert 135,000 deaths a year in Africa, writes Edith…

Ebola response highlights value of African science

Every part of the global response to the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Surface ozone compounds heatwave deaths in India – study

[NEW DELHI] Toxic ground-level ozone is surging during India’s increasingly fierce heatwaves and adding to the death…

Can AI stop mass fish deaths on Lake Victoria?

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. [DUNGA BEACH, Kenya] For years, fish farmers at Dunga…

Treating elephantiasis cuts HIV risk in Tanzania

This article is supported by SIDA [DAR ES SALAAM, SciDev.Net] A mass drug campaign targeting a tropical parasitic worm…