Preventing HIV: the latest on vaccine development and gene therapy
Robin Shattock, of Imperial College London, explains what new research might mean for HIV control in the developing worldThere has been a development in HIV prevention and treatment. What's...
View ArticleGlobal food security: could wheat feed the world?
Donors, businesses and bioscience research groups have united to boost wheat yields by 50% in the next 20 years. Partnership spokesperson Rob Dawson explains why and howHow did the international wheat...
View ArticleTask shifting explained: a viable solution to health worker shortage?
A lack of nurses and doctors where they are needed is often lamented in development work. Is task shifting a solution?Task shifting is a low-cost solution to tackling gaps in health services in the...
View ArticleHuman Development Report 2014: findings explained
The latest report from UNDP identifies educating women as the closest thing to a silver bullet in human developmentWhat is it?The Human Development Report (HDR) published by the Human Development...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: the vaccine and 'secret serum' explained
Could the serum contain the spread of the disease? Is the vaccine dangerous? An immunologist gives us the lowdownTackling the Ebola epidemic in west Africa: why we need a holistic approachAs Nigeria...
View ArticleMan v mosquito: who is the most dangerous carrier of malaria?
To mark World Mosquito Day we revisit a Bill Gates tweet suggesting it is man, not mosquito, that is malarias best friendA tweet from Bill Gates highlighting the role humans play in spreading malaria...
View ArticleReal time maps could predict and prevent the spread of malaria
Epidemiologists at the University of California are developing a tool that uses rainfall and other factors to forecast outbreaksA team of epidemiologists at the the University of California, San...
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