Trial set for world's first leprosy vaccine
Toxicology tests for a vaccine are scheduled to begin before the end of the year. Clinical trials in humans should start by 2015A vaccine for leprosy is being developed by American researchers and is...
View ArticleYemen fuel subsidy cut drives poorest deeper into poverty
Sharp rise in prices, which could lead to a further 500,000 Yeminis living below the breadline, has sparked fierce protestsA sharp increase in fuel prices threatens to plunge hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleKenya passes law to step up fight against human trafficking
Bill will provide better support for victims and campaigners say it will make securing convictions easierKenya has passed a law that will make it easier to secure convictions for human trafficking by...
View ArticleFood crisis prompts South Sudan reggae band to sing songs of farming
The Jay Family have a fertile message for their compatriots to stave off hunger and resolve conflictsWhat is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to...
View ArticleSouth Africas coal-fired power stations carry heavy health costs
In the settlement of Masakhane near the Duvha plant, residents wear masks to avoid breathing in the coal dustSouth Africas dependence on coal to generate 85% of its electricity is taking a substantial...
View ArticleWomen in South Sudan: They attack us at toilets or where we collect water
Women who fled the fighting to live in camps on UN bases risk harassment and sexual attack whenever they leave their tentsJulie Franciss self-imposed curfew starts when the sun sets. The widowed mother...
View ArticlePakistan struggling to cope with surge in polio cases
Once on track for polio eradication, Pakistan now faces a setback as a result of inaccessibility, violence and misinformationPakistan is heading for one of its worst years for polio in recent times....
View ArticleBrazil must target smallholders to curb rising deforestation
While the largest landowners have cut their contribution to deforestation by two-thirds, that of smallholders has increasedFarmers with smallholdings are not responsible for most of the destruction of...
View ArticlePopulation growth far outpaces food supply in conflict-ravaged Sahel
Researchers say conflict and climate change mean the regions resources will be unable to sustain the increasing populationThe Sahels ability to produce food is not keeping pace with its growing...
View ArticleMiddle-income Kenya still needs aid
Kenyas reclassification last month because of its rising gross national income doesnt mean fewer Kenyans go to bed hungryCoffee farmer Gabriel Kimwaki from Nyeri County, in central Kenya, is...
View ArticleUS food aid U-turn could put 2m people in jeopardy, warn experts
Requirement that 75% of US food aid be transported by American ships and staff condemned by anti-hunger campaignersLegislators in Washington could roll back recent landmark reforms of the way the US...
View ArticleAid mergers in Australia and Canada could hit poor regions, warn experts
New focus on trade and economic growth is part of global move to align foreign aid with commercial self-interest, says professorMoves by Canada and Australia to merge their development aid agencies...
View ArticleHundreds of Nigerian teachers strike over kidnapped schoolgirls
Nigerian teachers stage nationwide rallies over Boko Haram's deadly terror campaign against children and colleaguesNigerian teachers have held a strike and staged rallies nationwide to protest against...
View ArticleKenyan women receive $2m fistula boost
Donation from Japanese pharmaceutical firm will allow 1,200 women to have life-transforming surgery to cure incontinenceA $2m (£1.2m) donation will help Kenyan surgeons give more than 1,000 women...
View ArticleIran's baby boom decree prompts fears for women's rights
Reformists warn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's population drive could restrict access to contraception and further marginalise womenIran's supreme leader has called for a population increase in an edict...
View ArticleSouth Sudan capital faces worsening cholera outbreak
Officials are treating water sources, but anticipate at least 1,000 more people may need to be hospitalised during outbreakHealth officials are warning that a cholera outbreak in South Sudan's capital,...
View ArticleTrial set for world's first leprosy vaccine
Toxicology tests for a vaccine are scheduled to begin before the end of the year. Clinical trials in humans should start by 2015A vaccine for leprosy is being developed by American researchers and is...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's wildlife becomes a casualty of war
Conflict leads to killing of wild animals to feed both soldiers and rebels, stalling conservation efforts and boosting poachingAlthough South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, and his former deputy, Riek...
View ArticleGenetic test for TB could dramatically improve diagnosis in children
Scientists identify a genetic 'signature' for the disease, and must now devise a diagnostic test for use in developing countriesA new genetic test for tuberculosis (TB) could dramatically improve the...
View ArticleGujarati women excel as breeders of camels and buffaloes
Herder Meera Bhen, from the Kutch region, is making history throughout India, as her idea of marketing camels' milk takes offWhen Sangan Bhai, a humble man in the Kutch region of India's western state...
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