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Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.

Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.

The United States should invest in developing-world health and science for diplomatic and ethical reasons, argues one of its top science advisers.

Polio is still with us, and scientists are having to rethink vaccination strategies for developing countries in the hope of eradication.

A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.

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

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

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

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

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.

Priya Shetty looks at the prevalence and distribution of tuberculosis in the developing world, outlining the truths — and myths — about this disease.

Jill McGivering and Ed Cropley report on how fake drugs and poor education increase resistance to antimalarials in South-East Asia.

The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.

Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.

Mary Moran argues that profits are not the only way to spur research into neglected diseases; non-profit public-private partnerships have much to offer.

Leslie Roberts describes how eliminating polio for good will require more than just stopping transmission of the virus.