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Mercury and lead threaten Latin American communities
Artisanal mining as well as industrial activities and waste disposal spread toxic heavy metals in the Amazon region, affecting particularly children health.
Why sharing bio-imaging tech is crucial to global health
Bioimaging technologies must be expanded for global health.
Africa has highest COVID-19 death rate of critically ill
A survey of 10 African countries found that a lack of intensive care beds and medical resources led to worse outcomes associated with COVID-19 in Africa than in the rest of the world.
The “Mission of wise men and women”: life and health sciences
How to put more science in health policy and planning
Three-drug combo ‘cures 90 per cent of severe TB cases’
A promise for shorter and less expensive treatments
Folakemi Odedina: “How I turned brain drain to brain gain”
Folakemi Odedina, the founder and principal investigator at the Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium, tells how she is turning brain drain into “brain gain” for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Climate change to alter Africa’s malaria map by 2100
An hydrological model reveals new zones where malaria may develop due to climate change.
Keep focus on emerging infections
Research funding for emerging infectious diseases rarely reaches the countries where such diseases do the most harm.
Fake Vaccines, Medicines and other Medical Products can kill you
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) recommends a set of actions and urges politicians and all stakeholders to join forces and solve the urgent issue of falsified and substandard medical products.
Malaria: Artemisinin resistance emerges in Africa
Locally emerging resistance to treatment is major health threat in sub-saharan Africa.
