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

Local laboratories could identify parasite samples by comparing them with a 'gold standard' on the web.

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

Hospital admissions for childhood malaria have fallen dramatically in the past five years on the Kenyan coast, leading to new medical challenges.

A bottleneck in the production of the leading antimalarial drug – the plant-based artemisinin – could soon be eased.

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

Authorities have uncovered what they say are illegal and unsupervised drug trials on HIV positive cancer patients in Malawi.

A new vaccine, active against one type of polio virus, is more effective than a vaccine targeting all types, according to two studies.

The discovery, published by Brazilian researchers, will enable the development of new strategies to fight the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.

The discovery of a variety of Anopheles mosquito - a malaria vector - in Panama has led to calls for intensifying malaria prevention.

A new grant scheme by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will award funds worth US$100 million for original research in health.

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

Gabon's International Medical Research Centre is refocusing its research strategy to become a centre of excellence for emerging diseases.

Researchers have shown that a modified egg beater can be used to separate plasma from whole blood for testing in developing countries.

South Africa will use mobile phone text messages to encourage people to get tested and treated for HIV/AIDS.

A sweeter version of an antimalarial drug that easily dissolves in water is just as effective as the conventional treatment, say researchers.

Singaporean scientists have identified a gene associated with vulnerability to TB, and find males are more susceptible than females.

Researchers report that a potential tuberculosis vaccine has been shown to reduce rates of the disease in patients with HIV/AIDS.

Research shows that insecticide-treated netting can play a major role in slowing the spread of the bugs that carry Chagas disease.

Brazil will allocate public funds to promote research into diseases such as Chagas, dengue, leprosy and malaria, among others.