Paper test cards pick out fake malaria drugs
May 1, 2015, 8:20 am By SciDevA pattern of colour bands shows whether a batch of drugs is suspicious and would need to be sent for…SciDev.Net Podcast: Mapping Nepal post-quake and more
May 1, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevMay’s show also features malaria dialysis, alternative Ebola responses and a look at fairness in…Dairy production empowers women in rural Bolivia
Apr 30, 2015, 1:20 pm By SciDevThis photo gallery shows how a new dairy business improves livelihoods in the remote village of…Focus on Private Sector: Why fair trade may never work
Apr 30, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevResearch suggests promoting ethical consumption won’t deliver desirable business practices, says…US and Middle Eastern mayors agree water know-how swap
Apr 30, 2015, 3:00 am By SciDevIsrael, Jordan, Palestine and the United States plan to cooperate on issues such as pollution and…Managing health crises after Ebola
Apr 29, 2015, 7:10 am By SciDevOur Spotlight asks how response systems can better manage communication and the social context of…Ebola exposes weak links in outbreak response
Apr 29, 2015, 6:40 am By SciDevPeople in a crisis need a system that can receive knowledge from the ground as well as give…Communicating in a crisis like Ebola: Facts and figures
Apr 29, 2015, 6:40 am By SciDevEbola’s challenges hold lessons for other health emergencies. Elizabeth Smout examines what…Managing rumours and misinformation in West Africa
Apr 29, 2015, 6:40 am By SciDevRumours about Ebola generated social challenges that were real but surmountable, finds Amzath…A paradigm shift in outbreak response
Apr 29, 2015, 6:40 am By SciDevLet’s learn from Ebola and shift thinking from a purely biomedical to a more social perspective,…Jakarta experimenters say real-time flood mapping works
Apr 28, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevMining tweets during a Jakarta disaster shows how real-time flood mapping could be delivered, say…Scientists warned of ageing risk maps before Nepal quake
Apr 27, 2015, 12:20 pm By SciDevRecent conference said Nepal could suffer a big tremor and paper warned of 20-year-old seismological…Existing poverty index ‘ideal for assessing the SDGs’
Apr 27, 2015, 7:20 am By SciDevThe Global Multidimensional Poverty Index could offer a detailed picture of performance on the…Chemical cons malaria mosquitoes about to lay eggs
Apr 25, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevIn this audio feature, we look at research into an attractant that may open up new ways to control…How can malaria control in rural Ghana be improved?
Apr 25, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevHear the director of a health research centre in Ghana discuss data collection and barriers to…Exploding tourism threatens Inle Lake’s biodiversity
Apr 24, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevThis audio slideshow looks at the Burmese lake’s fragile ecosystem, which is at risk from hotel…Focus on Migration: The positive legacy of refugee camps
Apr 24, 2015, 6:30 am By SciDevClosing Kenya’s Dadaab camps is bad for refugees but its benefits for locals will persist, says…Herbal tea to treat malaria heads for clinical trial
Apr 24, 2015, 4:00 am By SciDevSaye, which has been used in Burkina Faso for decades, will be tested against the malaria drug…How African entrepreneurs can build knowledge economies
Apr 23, 2015, 4:00 am By SciDevTechnological innovation is booming. It is also failing to produce profitable companies, says…WHO urges disclosure of bad results from drug trials
Apr 23, 2015, 2:00 am By SciDevThe failure to publish all clinical trial results may hinder medical progress and lead to funding…
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