http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health policy and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/news/ Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/q-a-health-systems-innovation-with-gill-samuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:29:53 GMTSome scientists worry that renewed enthusiasm for malaria eradication could distract from vital control efforts, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/biomed-analysis-to-control-or-eradicate-malaria-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMTThe global health innovation system must be considered as a whole to boost its effectiveness, say Stephen A. Matlin and Gill M.R. Samuels.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/health-innovation-requires-a-systems-approach.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:41:16 GMTA round up of articles about delays in shipping donated vaccine, how to define a pandemic, new antivirals, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/swine-flu-science-update-16-november-2009-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:48 GMTThe international community can help Cuba to keep on providing its population with accessible healthcare, even during economic turbulence, say Pol de Vos and Patrick Van der Stuyft.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/cuba-the-right-to-health-during-economic-crises.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:59 GMTAn editorial in The Lancet highlights the extent of undernutrition in the developing world and calls for urgent global action.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/global-community-must-urgently-tackle-undernutrition-2.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:38 GMTPork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/tapeworm-link-with-epilepsy-far-higher-than-thought.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:34:58 GMTMaternal health needs a new, pragmatic, research-led approach targeted specifically for developing countries, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/biomed-analysis-mothers-health-needs-targeted-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyFri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMTA truth commission can account for South Africa's past HIV/AIDS denialist policies and rebuild trust, says AIDS expert, Salim S. Abdool Karim.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/south-africa-needs-an-hiv-aids-truth-commission.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 15 Oct 2009 01:30:54 GMTA Nobel Prize winner has called for global rollout of vaccines that protect against cervical cancer — a big killer in the developing world.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/global-vaccination-effort-could-wipe-out-hpv.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 12 Oct 2009 02:18:41 GMTA second meeting of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnosis Innovation has cemented its plans for African health innovation.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/plans-cemented-for-african-health-innovation.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 08 Oct 2009 04:31:38 GMTUnderstanding the long-term consequences of undernutrition in early life is essential for health policy, says Cesar G. Victora.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/long-term-effects-of-undernutrition-must-not-be-ignored.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 08 Oct 2009 03:01:59 GMTA UNITAID patent pool could revolutionise HIV treatment and research in developing countries — if payment can be agreed, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/biomed-analysis-pooling-patents-for-hiv-drugs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMTCountries need to produce their own vaccines, and they need to invest in public sector capacity to do it, says Indian scientist Y. Madhavi.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/home-grown-vaccines-are-crucial-for-public-health.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 23 Sep 2009 04:51:24 GMTHuman rights campaigners have denounced the 'devastating' effect on women of the total ban on abortion issued by the Nicaraguan government in 2008.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/nicaragua-abortion-ban-leading-to-more-maternal-deaths-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyTue, 15 Sep 2009 10:31:39 GMTVaccines could curb infections that are claiming the lives of thousands of African children with sickle cell anaemia, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/sickle-cell-children-dying-preventable-deaths.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 10 Sep 2009 03:36:54 GMTClimate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/get-the-science-straight-on-climate-change-and-dis.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMTPriya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/climate-change-and-insect-borne-disease-facts-and--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMTContrary to oft-repeated claims, climate change is unlikely to cause a major rise in malaria, says medical entomologist Paul Reiter.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/the-malaria-myths-of-climate-change-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:25:00 GMTWe must reduce the poor's vulnerability to insect-borne disease regardless of climate change, says public health expert Ulisses Confalonieri.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/tackling-insect-borne-disease-whatever-the-weather.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:22:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/