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A new Cochrane review highlights the health benefits of staying closer to home
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Global Health Trials Scheme is looking for new proposals that help tackle the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the developing world
Voting is currently open for the Saving Lives at Birth People’s Choice Award
Despite the progress made in preventing HIV across the globe, rates of infection in Southern Africa are still unacceptably high, with adolescent girls worst affected, Lynne Featherstone has announced.
Free online event looking at the use of email discussion forums in health and development - open for registration now
In April, PRIME held its annual meeting in Ethiopia and launched the African-led research initiative on Improving Mental Health Care.
A new report in PLOS Medicine documents the experience of the Ghana National Drugs Programme
An educational video looks at the work undertaken by the International Potato Centre in Lima, Peru.
Project Nanomal has announced the development of a new handheld device to help combat Malaria.
New British aid announced today will step up efforts to vaccinate more children in developing countries to create a polio-free world
Lynne Featherstone talks about the importance of sustained commitment to deal with malaria
A new four part series, released by Aeras, illustrates the very real and urgent fight against new drug resistant forms of TB.
Six million people in DR Congo to get essential healthcare under a new British programme to improve lives and help create sustainable peace
Last week Evergreen Agriculture, a DFID funded project, was recognised in the UK Climate Week Awards.
UK to provide additional support to tackle HIV and AIDS in Malawi, as well as support for wider healthcare
UK support in Mozambique leads to 40% fall in malaria related deaths. Further 5 million bed nets to be distributed in Uganda.
A recent video report from Professor Kenneth Wilson of Lancaster University follows him in a visit to Tanzania where he witnesses the devastation wrought by the African Armyworm and discusses new research into pest control.
The Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) conducted a qualitative survey to identify the perceived value of education among girls of school age in Karnataka, India.
A systematic review of Xpert® MTB/RIF confirms the diagnostic accuracy of this TB test, and its ability to replace culture-based sensitivity testing. This provides authoritative underpinning to WHO’s endorsement of Xper…
The third round of Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has been launched. The Challenge seeks to identify and develop transformative approaches that integrate new science and technology into childbirth a…
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