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News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Functioning public health systems are critical to managing disease treatment and control in developing countries, where access to care and medicine is often poor.
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Opinions and Analysis
Health research policy needs a change in outlook
A change in political outlook is needed to improve health research and translate policies into action, says an editorial in The Lancet.
Africa ill-equipped for fight against cancer
African governments are ill-prepared to address the continent's growing cancer burden, warn Hany Besadaand and Vadim Ermakov.
11 September 2008
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Source: Business Daily Africa
Policy Briefs
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
News and Features
US$4.6 million bonus to broaden global health network
Health institutions in China and Mexico are among those benefiting from new funding from the US National Institutes of Health.
'Early testing best' for drug-resistant TB
Researchers in Peru have found that early testing to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is best to prevent airborne transmission.
Information Services
Foodborne diseases: counting the bodies
A WHO initiative aims to quantify the global burden of foodborne disease, says Arie Havelaar
Rapid diagnostic tests: The way forward?
Rapid diagnostic tests may present a quick and easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis
