http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on standards of care and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/news/ A new data kit for mobile phones allows users to quickly collect, analyse and transmit a wide variety of data in infrastructure-poor areas.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/rural-data-collection-boosted-by-mobile-tech.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareThu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:37 GMTMRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchershttp://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/malaria-impasse-could-be-overcome-with-brain-scans--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:45 GMTPork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/tapeworm-link-with-epilepsy-far-higher-than-thought.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:34:58 GMTDeaths from diarrhoea in over-five-year-olds far exceed established estimates, according to a new study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/diarrhoea-kills-over-a-million-over-fives-each-year.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareFri, 30 Oct 2009 02:07:24 GMTMaternal health needs a new, pragmatic, research-led approach targeted specifically for developing countries, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/biomed-analysis-mothers-health-needs-targeted-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareFri, 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/standards-of-care/south-africa-needs-an-hiv-aids-truth-commission.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareThu, 15 Oct 2009 01:30:54 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/standards-of-care/tackling-insect-borne-disease-whatever-the-weather.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:22:00 GMTNew technologies can help African countries identify counterfeit or substandard drugs, says director of Africa Fighting Malaria Roger Bate.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/new-tools-to-fight-fake-medicines.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareWed, 13 May 2009 08:00:00 GMTA pilot programme aiming to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV has reduced infection in babies from 27 to nine per cent.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/rates-of-hiv-positive-newborns-reduced-in-haiti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareThu, 09 Apr 2009 04:01:20 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/standards-of-care/rural-medics-to-get-mobile-advice-hotline-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareTue, 07 Apr 2009 05:52:29 GMTA quarter of TB deaths occur in HIV patients, says the WHO — double the previous estimate.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/hiv-tb-alliance-deadlier-than-thought-warns-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareTue, 24 Mar 2009 03:30:58 GMTHealth institutions in China and Mexico are among those benefiting from new funding from the US National Institutes of Health.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/us-4-6-million-bonus-to-broaden-global-health-netw.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareTue, 30 Sep 2008 04:50:10 GMTSouth Africa is set to approve a change to its medicines approval process that opponents fear will circumvent evidence-based evaluation.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/change-in-south-africa-medicines-approval-unscient.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareThu, 28 Aug 2008 04:35:31 GMTLebanon has launched an awareness campaign on counterfeit drugs, but commentators say the move doesn't go far enough.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/lebanon-launches-campaign-to-counter-fake-drugs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareThu, 28 Aug 2008 02:55:13 GMTResearchers have found that Chinese rabies cases have risen dramatically in recent years, matched by inadequate treatment.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/researchers-call-for-better-rabies-care-in-china.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareFri, 22 Aug 2008 03:57:39 GMTGovernments and donors must find ways to tackle the rise in non-communicable disease, which can mean reassessing health priorities in developing nations.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/chronic-disease-a-neglected-priority.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareWed, 23 Jul 2008 09:05:00 GMTDeveloping nations must stop aping the North's mental health services and use strategies tailored to their own needs, says Vikram Patel.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/mental-health-in-the-developing-world-time-for-inn.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareWed, 23 Jul 2008 08:45:00 GMTThe southern states of Mexico have the highest mortality rates and 'poverty diseases', says a WHO study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/-wide-health-gap-among-mexico-regions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareFri, 20 Jun 2008 10:38:57 GMTDoruk Ozgediz and Robert Riviello make the case for devoting more resources to easily treated surgical conditions in Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/surgery-is-cheap-and-effective-but-donors-neglect-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareTue, 10 Jun 2008 04:56:23 GMTClinical examination can provide as reliable a guide to patient progress in HIV treatment as laboratory testing, a study finds.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/standards-of-care/clinical-signs-a-reliable-measure-of-hiv-treatment.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_standardsofcareFri, 02 May 2008 04:43:30 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/