http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health policy and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/news/ An 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 GMTSwine flu vaccines should be equally available, regardless of a country's ability to pay, says medical expert Tadataka Yamada.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/all-countries-deserve-equal-access-to-pandemic-vac.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyTue, 18 Aug 2009 03:28:05 GMTBrazil's strategy for tackling HIV/AIDS — including the production of generic drugs — is an example to the developing world, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/brazil-has-paved-way-for-tackling-hiv-aids-says-st.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 30 Jul 2009 03:11:23 GMTPolicymakers must think outside the box to strengthen clinical research networks for global health, says Harvard researcher Jeff Blander.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/how-to-fill-the-gaps-in-global-clinical-research-n.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyWed, 22 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMTExperts say that flu vaccination could cut pneumonia deaths in the developing world and stimulate the vaccine industry.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/flu-vaccines-pushed-for-developing-countries-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyThu, 09 Jul 2009 03:15:42 GMTThe United States should boost funding for food, health and water, says Thomas R. Pickering, former US ambassador to the UN.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-policy/us-should-focus-foreign-aid-on-food-health-and-wat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthpolicyTue, 07 Jul 2009 12:42:21 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/