http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on chronic diseases and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/ Qatar Science and Technology Park has developed the country's first health care technology to be exported to Europe.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/qatari-healthcare-innovation-to-be-used-in-italy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesFri, 04 May 2012 13:15:39 GMTResearchers say they have identified whooping cough in previously vaccinated children, a finding rejected by health officials.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/whooping-cough-found-in-vaccinated-children-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesTue, 01 May 2012 15:50:19 GMTParticipants at Forum 2012 have heard impassioned calls for African researchers to solve African health problems.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/african-scientists-urged-to-solve-african-health-problems.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesWed, 25 Apr 2012 10:43:29 GMTRural communities aren't taking up cleaner, more efficient cookstoves as quickly as anticipated, a study in Pakistan has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/study-investigates-household-choices-on-improved-cookstoves.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 19 Apr 2012 16:12:15 GMTBiopesticides are better and safer than chemical pesticides — policymakers must do more to promote them, says insect ecologist Manuele Tamò.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/farmers-in-africa-should-switch-to-biopesticides-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 12 Apr 2012 17:10:36 GMTTrade deals are threatening generic drugs — we need new ways to incentivise affordable drug development, says health expert Daniele Dionisio.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/use-new-funding-models-to-get-drugs-to-world-s-poor-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:07 GMTThe Wellcome Trust has provided US$2.7 million to fund clinical trials in Bolivia of a new drug to treat Chagas disease.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/clinical-trial-funding-secured-for-chagas-disease-therapy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesFri, 23 Mar 2012 02:48:05 GMTImproving health for the poor depends on nurturing local innovations — and learning how to deliver them, argue Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/taking-life-saving-innovations-from-lab-to-village-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:35 GMTLED lights, which are more effective than conventional treatments for jaundice in infants, will soon be rolled out in the developing world.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/led-lights-brighten-prospects-for-jaundice-treatment.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesMon, 20 Feb 2012 17:38:04 GMTThe proposed Sustainable Development Goals need more focus on health to continue the progress achieved with MDGs, argues Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/biomed-analysis-sustainability-goals-too-light-on-health-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 16 Feb 2012 16:34:19 GMTNovel materials that fit inside a vaccine-carrying box could help prevent vaccines spoiling before use.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/phase-changing-materials-in-trial-to-preserve-vaccines.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesWed, 15 Feb 2012 17:16:35 GMTScientists have built a database for schistosomiasis in Africa, which they are putting forward as a model for a global neglected disease tool.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/scientists-call-for-global-neglected-disease-database.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesMon, 09 Jan 2012 16:32:32 GMTAn award-winning, rapid test for hepatitis C that uses gold nanoparticles could be especially useful in the Middle East and North Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/researchers-strike-gold-with-nanoparticle-virus-test.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesTue, 27 Dec 2011 09:08:54 GMTA new formulation of benznidazol, at a dose suitable for children, will be produced and distributed at cost for Latin American countries.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/brazil-to-produce-paediatric-dose-of-chagas-disease-drug.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesTue, 13 Dec 2011 20:13:26 GMTEgyptian scientists are developing a diabetes treatment from bitter gourd, but the jury is out on whether it could replace insulin.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/egyptian-scientists-to-make-diabetes-drug-from-bitter-fruit.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesMon, 28 Nov 2011 16:53:14 GMTA rising burden of non-communicable diseases in Africa requires more investment in science, a conference has heard.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/africa-must-spend-a-lot-more-on-non-communicable-disease.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesFri, 28 Oct 2011 17:48:37 GMTHealth systems in developing nations aren't ready for the diseases that accompany ageing, writes Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/biomed-analysis-don-t-overlook-the-ageing-epidemic--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:13:48 GMTThere are research gaps in assessing whether clean cookstoves have the desired health effects, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/cookstove-revolutionaries-failing-to-measure-their-impact.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesFri, 14 Oct 2011 17:34:37 GMTNatural sediment that mops up arsenic may keep deep groundwater cleaner than was thought, a study finds.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/news/natural-sediment-may-shield-groundwater-from-arsenic.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesMon, 10 Oct 2011 17:28:48 GMTHealthcare policies and research strategies in developing countries must adapt to the new big killers, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chronic-diseases/opinions/biomed-analysis-take-charge-of-chronic-disease-epidemic-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_chronicdiseasesFri, 23 Sep 2011 17:37:01 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/