Drugs companies must make fundamental changes to their core business to address R&D gaps and access to existing medicines for women’s sexual/reproductive health in poor countries, global health equity advocates urge.
The Headquarters of UNESCO, in France, recently was the cynosure of all eyes as the ‘DDE Open Science Forum’ attracted 150 guests from 97 organizations and institutions, in about 40 different countries and regions.
Despite decades of increasing investment in conservation, ‘bending the curve’ of biodiversity decline has not succeeded, according to a study.
The French Physical Society and the French Optical Society have just launched a project on solar photovoltaics in Africa.
An international group has been formed to advance Ukrainian science. Comprising nine scientific organizations, the group recently received $3 million donation from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
As part of its future vision exercise, TRIUMF is engaging and strengthening new research opportunities in sustainable development. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
The World Health Organization is alarmed by the rise in the number of neurological diseases, hence approving the 2022-2031 action plan to combat neurodegenerative disorders. Among the most mysterious is Parkinson’s disease.
Legislation on climate action is critical for the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, and to bring down global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
408 researchers have been offered the ‘2022 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants’. The funding is worth in total €636 million and part of the Horizon Europe programme.
The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) is pleased to announce the results of its 2022 call for proposals. 19 projects have been selected to receive a total of €113,011.
