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Aug 11, 2015, 3:40 am By SciDevFamily and community support improves drug access and adherence to health advice, finds South Pacific study.Uganda pledges to make thousands of hybrid cars
Aug 10, 2015, 3:40 am By SciDevThe state-run Kiira Motors Corporation plans to go from nought to 7,000 low-polluting cars a year by 2018.Business adds value to indigenous medicine
Aug 9, 2015, 3:20 am By SciDevThis image gallery shows how a firm is commercialising South Africa’s buchu plant based on a benefit-sharing deal.Amazon settlement study disputes deforestation claims
Aug 7, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevThe findings undermine the government line that most tree loss occurs before smallholders arrive.Open data ‘not enough to improve lives’
Aug 6, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevDeveloping nations must ensure the statistics they publish will help improve people’s lives, say practitioners.Ethiopian factory transforms the workplace
Aug 6, 2015, 4:20 am By SciDevA photo story on how a state-run facility is meeting rising electricity demand and improving staff benefits.Digging for data on Africa’s climate future
Aug 6, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevEfforts to digitise old records and gather new data will improve local climate modelling, finds Lou Del Bello.View on Migration: Cuban lessons for disasters
Aug 5, 2015, 4:10 am By SciDevThe nation eclipses richer states in minimising displacement and deaths from hurricanes, says Alexander Isakov.Farming and city growth linked to deadlier storms
Aug 5, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevBuilding on or farming natural areas increases death rates from extreme weather events, finds Caribbean study.Indonesia’s mangroves can help slow climate change
Aug 4, 2015, 4:35 am By SciDevConserving Indonesia’s mangrove forests can mitigate huge amounts of carbon emissions that drive climate change.Warmer oceans imperil Kenyan food security
Aug 4, 2015, 4:00 am By SciDevHear how extreme weather events and climate change are damaging coastal ecosystems and local economies.Obama’s hangover: Capitalising on the hype
Aug 3, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevAs the euphoria of the US President’s visit subsides, is it simply back to business as usual for most Kenyans?Lack of education hampers climate awareness
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Jul 31, 2015, 11:40 am By SciDevHear Peter Materu discuss the World Bank’s role in higher education and why Africa should fund more research.View on Private Sector: Digital Islamic economy booms
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Jul 31, 2015, 9:40 am By SciDevThe rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine is “highly efficacious” in preventing the disease, shows clinical trial in Guinea.Mosquito-hunting spiders could help fight deadly malaria
Jul 31, 2015, 4:40 am By SciDevSpiders from East Africa and Malaysia devour disease-transmitting mosquitoes and could help control malariaFocus on Gender: Reliable data can erode inequality
Jul 30, 2015, 11:40 am By SciDevData can bolster the case for efforts to close the gender gap and for funding to do this, says Tonya Blowers.Ghana shares new superlab with West African scientists
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