http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health systems and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/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-systems/africa-takes-the-lead-in-health-research-partnersh.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMTThe huge burden of chronic diseases in developing countries could be cut by an alliance of agencies teaming up for research.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/health-agencies-join-forces-to-fight-chronic-disea.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 17 Jun 2009 02:58:04 GMTMany global health programmes erroneously claim to strengthen national health systems, a study has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/strengthening-health-systems-rhetoric-not-reality-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 03 Jun 2009 01:48:44 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-systems/nurturing-research-networks-boosts-health-policy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 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-systems/climate-change-may-be-century-s-greatest-health-th.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsFri, 15 May 2009 04:16:36 GMTA top UK medical journal has criticised the Gates Foundation for prioritising high-risk research and distorting the global health agenda.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/gates-foundation-under-fire-over-health-agenda.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsTue, 12 May 2009 03:34:33 GMTVaccine production is likely to be confined to a handful of developed countries whose order books will be full, say critics.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/poor-may-lose-out-in-swine-flu-vaccine-production.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 30 Apr 2009 03:16:23 GMTSwine flu in Africa will be hard to detect against a background of many other diseases with similar symptoms, says an expert.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/africa-s-disease-burden-could-conceal-swine-flu-ca.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:51:41 GMTA project connecting African hospitals and universities with their Indian counterparts via satellite will be expanded this year.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/africa-india-satellite-links-to-expand.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsTue, 21 Apr 2009 02:39:56 GMTRural health workers will get advice via mobile phones as part of a project in Ghana — just one of a growing 'health hotlines' movement.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/rural-medics-to-get-mobile-advice-hotline-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsTue, 07 Apr 2009 05:52:29 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-systems/crucial-childhood-diarrhoea-research-needs-ignored.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 11 Mar 2009 04:10:38 GMTGlaxoSmithKline plans to cut medicine prices and create a 'patent pool' — but does any of this reflect a real drive to boost the health of the poor?http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/will-glaxo-s-big-plans-really-benefit-the-poor-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsFri, 06 Mar 2009 10:23:38 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-systems/the-search-for-a-polio-vanquishing-vaccine.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 12 Feb 2009 03:40:48 GMTBelize is digitizing its health information systems but, despite the benefits, concerns have been raised regarding patients' privacy.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/belize-health-information-goes-digital.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsWed, 11 Feb 2009 09:16:36 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-systems/we-need-joined-up-action-on-health-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsFri, 23 Jan 2009 09:10:45 GMTScaling-up malaria interventions in Africa requires better surveillance and national commitment, say Laurence Slutsker and Robert D. Newman.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/scaling-up-alone-won-t-meet-malaria-goals.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 08 Jan 2009 03:14:06 GMTTailoring health research so it targets the country's health needs is a major goal of a new project at Uganda's largest university.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/uganda-to-match-health-research-to-local-needs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsMon, 05 Jan 2009 04:19:02 GMTAfrica needs postgraduate programmes that focus on local priorities to improve its health systems, say Wilson Savino and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/young-scientists-can-boost-african-health-systems.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsTue, 23 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMTThe US Institute of Medicine says global health — and health research — should become central to US foreign policy.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/obama-should-double-global-health-spending-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 18 Dec 2008 05:30:01 GMTA radical new proposal for curbing HIV/AIDS has been met with concerns about its human rights implications.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/health-systems/mathematical-model-suggests-new-approach-to-aids.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_healthsystemsThu, 27 Nov 2008 04:17:37 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/