http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health policy and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/news/ A new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/africa-takes-the-lead-in-health-research-partnersh.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMTIndia's vaccination policy should be based on robust scientific evidence, not the agendas of pharmaceutical companies, say experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/india-urged-to-use-evidence-in-vaccine-policy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 19 Jun 2009 03:45:20 GMTA round-up of articles about the announcement of pandemic status, a cheap diagnostic test and the preparedness of poor nations.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/swine-flu-science-update-12-june-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 12 Jun 2009 03:46:39 GMTMany global health programmes erroneously claim to strengthen national health systems, a study has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/strengthening-health-systems-rhetoric-not-reality-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 03 Jun 2009 01:48:44 GMTScientists can help policymakers tackle epidemics by providing critical information in real time, says an editorial in Science.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/real-time-info-key-to-tackling-epidemics.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 27 May 2009 01:27:10 GMTRegional clinical research networks provide timely evidence to help emerging health policy. They deserve more support, says Jimmy Whitworth.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/nurturing-research-networks-boosts-health-policy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 20 May 2009 08:00:00 GMTPoor countries need to improve their surveillance and research capacity to reduce the damage climate change will do to health, says a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/climate-change-may-be-century-s-greatest-health-th.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 15 May 2009 04:16:36 GMTResearchers have shown that killing young mosquitoes with larvicides curbs malaria rates — which could herald the comeback of the method.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/larvicides-cut-urban-malaria-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 23 Apr 2009 11:24:16 GMTThe United States should invest in developing-world health and science for diplomatic and ethical reasons, argues one of its top science advisers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/us-investment-in-southern-science-is-good-diplomac.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 06 Apr 2009 04:04:34 GMTA meeting in Berlin brought unequal health research partnerships into the open — but will its framework kick-start progress or gather dust?http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/airing-unequal-health-research-partnerships.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 27 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMTMore research must be invested in controlling or preventing disease to reduce climate-related health risks, says Dziedzom De Souza.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/mind-the-gap-reducing-climate-related-health-risks.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:51:01 GMTDiarrhoea will continue to kill millions of children without research into why treatments aren't reaching the victims, experts have warned.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/crucial-childhood-diarrhoea-research-needs-ignored.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 11 Mar 2009 04:10:38 GMTA new law forces celebrities to take responsibility for advertising a food product as part of a drive for food safety in China.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/chinese-law-makes-celebrities-liable-in-food-scand.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:13 GMTTo sustain the fight against insect-borne diseases we must improve research funding for public health insecticides, says Roger Bate.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/new-insecticides-are-crucial-in-battle-against-mal.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 19 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMTPolio is still with us, and scientists are having to rethink vaccination strategies for developing countries in the hope of eradication.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/the-search-for-a-polio-vanquishing-vaccine.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 12 Feb 2009 03:40:48 GMTTough talk and executions aren't enough to rebuild food safety trust following the melamine scare, says an editorial in The Lancet.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/china-food-scare-tough-talk-alone-won-t-rebuild-tr.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyTue, 03 Feb 2009 05:26:43 GMTStrengthening health research in the developing world needs a coherent approach with central oversight, say John-Arne Rottingen and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/we-need-joined-up-action-on-health-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 23 Jan 2009 09:10:45 GMTEliminating schistosomiasis means using strategies that combine drug delivery, water management and snail control, says Charles H. King.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/schistosomiasis-we-must-break-the-cycle-of-transmi.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 15 Jan 2009 01:43:29 GMTIn a PLoS Medicine debate, experts argue about the best way forward for malaria treatment in Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/malaria-treatment-in-africa-which-way-forward-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 12 Jan 2009 02:22:45 GMTResearchers in India have found a link between vitamin B12 intake in women and diabetes in their offspring.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/vitamin-b12-deficiency-linked-to-diabetes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 08 Jan 2009 03:27:27 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/