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A radical new proposal for curbing HIV/AIDS has been met with concerns about its human rights implications.

The damage caused by the HIV/AIDS policies of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, has been quantified.

Developing world ministers have launched a "Call to Action" that may redefine the goals of health-related research.

The people who implement health policies should have a say in the setting of research agendas, the Bamako conference heard.

Many countries have failed to invest sufficiently in health research since pledging to do so four years ago, but others have progressed.

A study finds that infectious diseases receive a disproportionately large amount of funding from the WHO.

The neglected disease burden in Latin America and the Caribbean could be greater than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, say researchers.

The WHO has developed a research agenda to better understand the human health impacts of climate change.

Experts say that Africa needs early warning systems to deal with increasing disease transmission through wildlife.

Health institutions in China and Mexico are among those benefiting from new funding from the US National Institutes of Health.

Panama spent US$17 million to fight the 2005 dengue epidemic, an amount five times the budget of the country's main health centre.

Researchers are calling for regular treatment of hookworm infections in pregnant women to reduce their risk of anaemia and prevent maternal deaths.

Using a range of therapies to treat malaria is potentially more effective than one standard drug, a study finds.

Cervical cancer control is feasible in the developing world for the first time, thanks to new screening techniques and HPV vaccination.

South Africa is set to approve a change to its medicines approval process that opponents fear will circumvent evidence-based evaluation.

Researchers have found that Chinese rabies cases have risen dramatically in recent years, matched by inadequate treatment.

Scientists have recommended the antiretroviral drug efavirenz for patients suffering from both HIV and tuberculosis.

Failure to find an HIV vaccine candidate should not mean shutting down clinical trial centres in Africa, say researchers.

The prevalence of dementia in developing countries has been underestimated, according to new research.

A European society has launched a special task force to help provide low-cost fertility treatment for developing countries.