Ocean warming and acidification are affecting shoal behaviour in fish, threatening their very existence, report warns.

Gladys Atto is one of only 45 eye doctors serving Uganda’s 46 million people.

North-eastern Uganda’s only ophthalmologist performs around 15 cataract surgeries each day.

Links between lead poisoning, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension must be assessed worldwide, say researchers.

Mamokgethi Phakeng, a highly-rated mathematician and university leader, speaks of her journey to the top.

Tackling lifestyle risk factors is vital as dementia cases surge, especially in poorer countries, researchers warn.

Battling poverty, innovative Syrians turn weapons of war into cheap heaters – but the health impacts are grave.

TB could reach epidemic levels if left unchecked, warns Indian pulmonologist as experts predict what 2022 may hold.

As COVID-19 enters its third year and the Omicron variant surges, SciDev.Net looks back over the year’s breakthroughs and shortfalls.

A revolution is afoot in cervical cancer treatment.

Policies must target the poorest to prevent crippling financial hardship from heath care costs, economists urge.

Unbalanced partnerships in implementing SDGs could drive inequalities in achieving the SDGs, a study suggests.

How a passion for primates grew into a community coffee and conservation project.

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka crowned a Champion of the Earth for science and innovation by leading environment body.

In this Spotlight, we map out the long and difficult road to climate justice for frontline communities.

Key issues facing climate-vulnerable communities ignored at COP26, say observers.

Climate-vulnerable communities have 12 months to continue pushing for crucial climate finance, say scientists.

Young, female and the head of Mexico’s COP26 delegation, economist Camila Zepeda says younger generations’ voices are essential.

Carbon markets are set to expand globally, while indigenous communities are wary of the impact on their territories.

Solutions for climate-smart agriculture need to work at the scale of smallholder farmers.

African scientists decry COVID-19-induced travel restrictions targeting only countries in Africa.

As a young African woman, I struggled at times to be taken seriously as a scientist.

As a young African woman, I struggled at times to be taken seriously as a scientist.