http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on latin america & caribbean science & technology en http://rss.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/news/ A new study says that Guatemalan women need free, informed access to contraceptive methods to avoid unsafe abortions.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/women-need-easy-access-to-contraceptive-methods-sa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanMon, 29 Jun 2009 08:33:07 GMTDespite national prevention programmes, a study has found that shared syringes are the most common mode of HIV transmission in Puerto Rico.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/syringe-use-main-cause-of-hiv-in-puerto-rico.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanThu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:17 GMTBiofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/sudan-sets-its-sights-on-biofuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:38:17 GMTA study has found that women between the ages of 24 and 45 years old can benefit from a vaccine that protects against the virus responsible for cervical cancer.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/hpv-vaccine-can-protect-women-aged-24-45.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanWed, 24 Jun 2009 11:48:03 GMTA simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/hiv-test-needs-just-a-spot-of-blood.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanWed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:14 GMTVenezuelan science is falling foul of the government's agenda warns Claudio Bifano, president of the country's science academy.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/venezuelan-science-in-jeopardy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 23 Jun 2009 03:27:13 GMTAn Argentinean newspaper says that there is a lack of suitable information on influenza A(H1N1), leading to unnecesary panic.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/lack-of-information-on-influenza-a-h1n1-causing-pa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 23 Jun 2009 09:00:35 GMTA Nicaraguan study has found that a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine is effective at reducing the risk of severe diarrhoea in children.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/nicaragua-rotavirus-vaccine-reduces-risk-of-severe.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanMon, 22 Jun 2009 09:14:32 GMTUsing data on sea temperature and vegetation a new climate model can predict dengue outbreaks many weeks in advance.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/model-provides-early-warning-of-dengue-outbreaks.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanThu, 18 Jun 2009 12:49:29 GMTThe Colombian government has launched a programme for training up scientists from primary school to postdoctoral level.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia-to-double-number-of-phds-by-2019.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:16:37 GMTThe Brazilian parliament has taken a step further towards approving a fund for reducing the impacts of global warming on the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/brazil-gets-green-light-for-climate-change-fund.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanFri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:05 GMTIndia is falling behind in science publishing, a leading analyst warns, and it will take more than ambition to solve the problem.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/india-limping-in-science-publication-rates.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanThu, 11 Jun 2009 02:22:18 GMTThirteen Colombian universities have made their thesis and academic documents freely available on one website.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/first-digital-academic-library-for-colombia.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanThu, 11 Jun 2009 03:19:23 GMTPolicymakers facing tough decisions about moving people because of climate change may be helped by a mathematical model.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/model-guides-flow-of-climate-change-migrants.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanWed, 10 Jun 2009 03:28:05 GMTEl Salvador's new Minister of Education, Salvador Sánchez Ceren, has vowed to focus on scientific research.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/el-salvador-s-new-education-minister-will-focus-on.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 09 Jun 2009 11:49:56 GMTThe Dominican Republic is investing very little in science and technologyhttp://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/low-science-investment-in-dominican-republic.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 09 Jun 2009 11:38:18 GMTThe US National Institutes of Health will bear the brunt of risky preclinical research for drug development in neglected diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/nih-to-carry-risks-of-neglected-disease-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 09 Jun 2009 03:04:16 GMTColombia must increase its PhD programmes to provide career opportunities for the country's scientists, says Danish academic Lauritz Holm-Nielsen.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia-must-boost-phd-programmes-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanTue, 09 Jun 2009 02:36:07 GMTChile has been pushing the use of wind and solar energies in the last four years, announced the country's president Michelle Bachelet.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/chile-pushes-the-use-of-renewables.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanWed, 03 Jun 2009 11:20:32 GMTCompulsory licensing of clean technologies will only be needed if developed countries duck UNFCCC obligations, says Dalindyebo Shabalala.http://www.scidev.net/en/latin-america-and-caribbean/cooperation-not-compulsion-on-clean-technology-tra.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_latinamericaandcaribbeanWed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/