Initiative for fighting COVID-19 with data launched
Data collection and processing will help to fight the COVID-19 in Africa, and to tackle other sustainable development issues on the long term.
Polio, measles outbreaks ‘inevitable’, say vaccine experts
Interruptions to vaccination programmes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn.
Africa to gain from COVID-19 clinical R&D coalition
African institutions are full members of a worldwide coalition to fight COVID-19.
Satellites to protect the world, if data is open to all
It is a wonder all we can do with satellites for development.
“Only ecology-based economies can avoid future catastrophe”
In this opinion piece, Fazlun Khalid gives his view about what we should aim after the COVID-19 pandemics. Scientific research is in the programme, and not only for vaccines
Satellites for development: facts and figures
Satellite technology is being increasingly seen as a tool to reduce inequalities in the crucial development decade to 2030.
Coronavirus ‘could devastate’ indigenous communities
Indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating coronavirus outbreak in their territories.
Protective Bio-shell could extend Egg Shelf Life
A biofilm developed in Brazil could extend the shelf life of eggs in the world’s poorest and hottest regions, where they spoil faster and are vulnerable to germs.
Global South Research Challenges ‘Can be Overcome’
Research in the global South is frequently underfunded and overlooked, but a new initiative is boosting a range of studies, from sustainable development, to soil salinity, and care for the elderly suffering chronic diseases.
Cancer Burden could Balloon in Poorest Countries
Low- and middle-income countries could see an 80 per cent rise in cancer over the next 20 years if treatment and prevention services are not stepped up, according to the latest World Cancer Report. The report, compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that cancer prevention is taking a back seat in poor countries,…
