How can Africa manage its growing piles of plastic waste?

Equitable vaccine distribution efforts are struggling to bridge the gap in Middle East conflict zones, NGO warns.

COVID-19 lockdowns forced Delhi’s urban poor to rely on wood and dung as cooking fuel.

Warmer regions like Africa and Latin America are the hardest hit by climate change, according to research on agricultural productivity.

Overcrowding and appalling conditions in prisons create disease and hunger threats for Africa’s poorest, say advocates.

COVID-19 surges in Chile and Uruguay show risks of relaxing control measures, even with vaccination in full swing.

Tree planting, toxic food preservatives and learning robots – SciDev.Net announces award winners.

Equitable access to safe maternity care must be a priority of the pandemic response, urge researchers.

Demand is increasing for modern contraceptives as myths about how birth control affects men’s virility persist.

What can be done to prevent governments and heads of state from going rogue during disease outbreaks?

C. auris, a drug-resistant fungus that infests hospitals, may have emerged from the wild, says study.

Hundreds of research projects are left in turmoil following sweeping cuts to the UK’s overseas aid budget.

Global drugs companies are failing to prioritise child medicine, leaving the poorest behind, a report finds.

How art and music could be a game-changer in fighting diseases in Africa.

Misuse of antibiotics in aquaculture must be curbed for sector to fulfil its promise, say researchers.

Researchers decode the genetic make-up of a pest that destroys cassava and other crops.

Will Tanzania’s new president Samia Suluhu Hassan chart a new course for the country’s COVID-19 response?

COVID-19 lockdowns have severely dented access to TB diagnosis and care, says WHO.

Understanding animal disease is essential if we want to prevent future pandemics, writes Keith Hamilton.