http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on [access to medicine] and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/ The revised malaria death toll suggests a need for research into uncertainties in controlling neglected tropical diseases, says Mark Booth.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/opinions/research-needed-to-tackle-neglected-disease-uncertainties-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:21:28 GMTA drug undergoing clinical trials for sleeping sickness could also treat leishmaniasis, say researchers who have tested it on mice.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/drug-could-hit-two-neglected-diseases-at-once.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineMon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:47 GMTUnprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/public-private-push-against-neglected-diseases-unveiled.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 31 Jan 2012 17:42:29 GMTIndia's carefully targeted strategy against polio holds lessons for other countries, and for other diseases, argues Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/opinions/biomed-analysis-learning-from-india-s-polio-success-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:35 GMTPacific islanders are at much higher risk of ciguatera fish toxins than previously thought, and the number of sufferers is increasing.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/global-warming-may-raise-risk-of-pacific-fish-poisoning-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineThu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:36 GMTA modelling study of a promising malaria vaccine finds low transmission areas would benefit the most from mass vaccination.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/areas-with-low-malaria-rates-need-mass-vaccination-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineWed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:35 GMTThe key malaria drug, artemisinin, can now be produced in greater quantities ― from a waste material of the current production process.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/malaria-hopes-rise-as-chemists-produce-cheap-artemisinin.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineMon, 23 Jan 2012 17:44:48 GMTIndian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/india-faces-totally-drug-resistant-tb.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineThu, 19 Jan 2012 10:12:37 GMTEncouraging demand for new and increasingly cheap interventions available now can boost health in developing countries, says Charles Kenny.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/opinions/don-t-wait-for-wealth-better-health-needs-basic-tools-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 17 Jan 2012 17:43:36 GMTNew clinical trial designs can work for testing both Western and traditional medicines, argue Liang Liu and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/opinions/redesign-trials-to-integrate-asian-western-medicine-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineWed, 04 Jan 2012 17:21:54 GMTIndigenous women have a higher risk of bad health than those from other poor or urban communities, says a study in Honduras.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/honduras-being-a-woman-and-indigenous-means-bad-health.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineFri, 30 Dec 2011 00:02:24 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/health/access-to-medicine/news/brazil-to-produce-paediatric-dose-of-chagas-disease-drug.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 13 Dec 2011 20:13:26 GMTActing fast with the right antivenom following a bite from a dangerous snake could be easier with a new dipstick test, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/rapid-tests-could-take-the-sting-out-of-snakebites.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineFri, 09 Dec 2011 16:36:39 GMTHigh-tech healthcare from rich countries is distracting Africa from more powerful uses of e-health, a conference in Kenya has heard.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/african-e-health-moving-in-wrong-direction-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineFri, 02 Dec 2011 16:23:05 GMTA big cut in donor commitments to the global health fund has forced the agency to cancel new programmes.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/cuts-threaten-the-rollout-of-promising-hiv-treatments.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineThu, 01 Dec 2011 14:02:13 GMTIndia has a heavy TB burden but has the technological capacity to deal with it. T.V. Padma reports.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/features/can-india-deliver-affordable-tb-diagnostics-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineThu, 03 Nov 2011 05:16:24 GMTDiagnosis and treatment of patients with mild symptoms of dengue fever in special tents unburdened hospitals during the 2008 epidemics in Rio.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/hydration-tents-alleviate-burden-of-dengue-fever-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineThu, 03 Nov 2011 01:16:37 GMTJoining forces would save countries money on clinical trials, and speed up drug development for neglected diseases, says a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/report-urges-regional-collaboration-on-clinical-trials-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineTue, 01 Nov 2011 15:26:33 GMTAn initiative launched by major patent holders will improve access to neglected disease research, but only 49 countries will freely benefit.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/major-patent-pool-opens-up-research-on-neglected-disease-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineMon, 31 Oct 2011 18:02:00 GMTResearchers have created a database of the chemicals in 300 Chinese herbs used in traditional medicine.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/access-to-medicine/news/scientists-pin-down-active-chemicals-in-chinese-herbs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_accesstomedicineMon, 31 Oct 2011 16:50:49 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/