Tag: Developing Countries

Credit: © 2019 The People Seas Initiative The economic potential of the oceans is expected to double from US$1.5 trillion ...

A Stanford-led study suggests ecosystem investments to minimize storm damageCredit: Katie Arkema / Natural Capital Project As new hurricanes gain ...

National CPAP program improves survival of newborns with respiratory illnessCredit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 20, 2019) -- Malawi's ...

Blood flukes and Helicobacter pylori: co-infection changes immune responseCredit: Clarissa Prazeres da Costa / TUM A team at the Technical ...

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A new needle-free flu vaccine patch revved up the immune system much like a ...

Credit: Bill Baker The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations ...

Credit: Tyler M. Sharp (CC BY 4.0) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently developed an Autocidal ...

Credit: Ioar Rivas (ISGlobal) Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the ...

First global examination of affordability of both healthy and unhealthy foods shows prices matter for diet and health outcomes Poor ...

But researcher has bone to pick with modernization: Chickens are losing diversityCredit: Helina Woldekiros, Washington University in St. Louis Pick ...

Around the world, more than three billion people - nearly half the world's population - cook their food using solid ...

Johns Hopkins Biomedical researchers encouraged by results in animal studiesCredit: Kubanda Cryotherapy A new reusable device created by the Johns ...

Once you have developed horticultural expertise, the world calls, presenting you with opportunities to travel, learn, develop research ideas and ...

The UN's Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for ...

Existing, planned fossil fuel-burning infrastructure must be retired early, replaced Irvine, Calif. - The nations that have signed agreements to ...

Credit: McKenzie Johnson, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Conflict over resource extraction is rampant in sub-Saharan Africa, with small-scale ...

Credit: César Elias Botelho National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais Each day, ...

Logging roads are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin, leading to catastrophic collapses in animal populations living in the world's ...

Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains, Peru's coastal region relies on surface water from the Andes for ...

Credit: N. Palacios and V. Govindan After a prolonged decline, global hunger is on the rise--affecting more than 820 million ...