- SciDev
- 21/4/22 04:09
Health services must be maintained during COVID-19 pandemic for countries to reach elimination goals, WHO warns.
Health services must be maintained during COVID-19 pandemic for countries to reach elimination goals, WHO warns.
WEDNESDAY 21. APRIL 2021
How can Africa manage its growing piles of plastic waste?
MONDAY 19. APRIL 2021
Equitable vaccine distribution efforts are struggling to bridge the gap in Middle East conflict zones, NGO warns.
FRIDAY 16. APRIL 2021
COVID-19 lockdowns forced Delhi’s urban poor to rely on wood and dung as cooking fuel.
THURSDAY 15. APRIL 2021
Warmer regions like Africa and Latin America are the hardest hit by climate change, according to research on agricultural productivity.
WEDNESDAY 14. APRIL 2021
Overcrowding and appalling conditions in prisons create disease and hunger threats for Africa’s poorest, say advocates.
MONDAY 12. APRIL 2021
COVID-19 surges in Chile and Uruguay show risks of relaxing control measures, even with vaccination in full swing.
FRIDAY 9. APRIL 2021
Tree planting, toxic food preservatives and learning robots – SciDev.Net announces award winners.
THURSDAY 8. APRIL 2021
Equitable access to safe maternity care must be a priority of the pandemic response, urge researchers.
WEDNESDAY 7. APRIL 2021
Demand is increasing for modern contraceptives as myths about how birth control affects men’s virility persist.
TUESDAY 6. APRIL 2021
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.
THURSDAY 1. APRIL 2021
Hundreds of research projects are left in turmoil following sweeping cuts to the UK’s overseas aid budget.
WEDNESDAY 31. MARCH 2021
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.
TUESDAY 30. MARCH 2021
Misuse of antibiotics in aquaculture must be curbed for sector to fulfil its promise, say researchers.
WEDNESDAY 24. MARCH 2021
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?
TUESDAY 23. MARCH 2021
COVID-19 lockdowns have severely dented access to TB diagnosis and care, says WHO.
FRIDAY 19. MARCH 2021
Understanding animal disease is essential if we want to prevent future pandemics, writes Keith Hamilton.
THURSDAY 18. MARCH 2021
Groundwater depletion may cause a 20 per cent reduction in India’s crops by 2025, says study.
WEDNESDAY 17. MARCH 2021
Sexual transmission of Ebola virus could cause challenges for control efforts, as well as survivors of the disease.
TUESDAY 16. MARCH 2021
Tanzanian president calls for precautions against COVID-19 but data on the disease burden remains hidden.
THURSDAY 11. MARCH 2021
Almost 2.5 billion people will face hearing loss by 2050 without early intervention, says WHO.
WEDNESDAY 10. MARCH 2021
Unsustainable monoculture is driving species decline in Africa, says UN biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema.