Flow water research and education more towards developing world: UN University
Needed most in poorer nations: Educational opportunities, greater focus on practical water-related results, papers say; Assess water research impact by ...
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Women in developing countries need radiotherapy and vaccines for cervical cancer
Credit: UHN (Toronto, May 28, 2019) - A first of its kind study is reporting that millions of women in ...
Chimpanzees at the crossroads: adapt to living outside protected areas
Research carried out into the impact of changes to chimpanzee habitats found they have adapted to human developments -- including ...
UTSA political scientist analyzes the UN’s Twitter feed to improve diplomatic relations
UTSA political scientist is analyzing the UN's Twitter feed to improve diplomatic relations Through research by a political scientist at ...
Toward zero hunger: More food or a smarter food system?
ANN ARBOR--When thinking about ways to end global hunger, many scholars focus too narrowly on increasing crop yields while overlooking ...
AJTMH tipsheet for May 2019
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH California Study Warns Obscure Q Fever a ...
Giving rural Indians what they want increases demand for cookstoves
Common business practices, including enticing rebates, improves adoption of new cookstoves in rural IndiaCredit: Duke Global Health DURHAM, N.C. - ...
Researchers identify faster, more effective drug combinations to treat tuberculosis
Credit: D.L. Clemens Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly though curable disease. Each year about 10 million people develop active cases, ...
New global rules curb unrestricted plastic waste exports
UN meeting gives countries the right to refuse unrecyclable, polluting plastics (Geneva, Switzerland): Governments at the 14th Conference of the ...
Eat or be eaten: Street food vendors resist and adapt to changing society
Kanazawa University study of Indonesian street vendors finds them continually grappling with aggressive urbanization, but resisting by forging relationships, engaging ...
HIV prevention drug can curb the epidemic for high-risk groups in India
Making pre-exposure prophylaxis available in India would be a cost-effective way to reduce the spread of HIV and increase survival ...
Global health benefits of climate action offset costs
Reducing carbon emissions while improving health is economically attractive, study showsThe price tag for cutting global emissions may seem expensive, ...
Rice husks can remove microcystin toxins from water
UToledo research identifies another potential -- and renewable -- tool to fight harmful algal bloomsCredit: Dan Miller / The University ...
Technology could help reduce exploitation of traditional weavers in Malaysia
New smartphone apps and greater use of social media could help reduce the exploitation of traditional weavers in poor rural ...
DNA test is an effective cervical cancer screening tool for women in low-income countries
Effective cervical cancer screening initiative by Dartmouth researchers in Honduras identifies different human papillomavirus types than those in the USCredit: ...
Climate extremes explain 18%-43% of global crop yield variations
Researchers quantify impact of climate extremes on staple crops maize, spring wheat, rice and soybeansCredit: Supplied by author Researchers from ...
The quiet loss of knowledge threatens indigenous communities
Plants play an important role for most indigenous communities in South America, and not merely as a source of food. ...
Himalayan climate study to preserve oral histories as out-migration begins
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship provides funds for 'Climate Witness: Voices from Ladakh' projectCredit: Tatyana Bakhmetyeva/University of Rochester "On August 5, 2010, ...
US $244 billion lost annually because people don’t have spectacles to correct myopia
East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia regions bear the greatest burdenCredit: Photo by Dean Saffron, courtesy of Brien ...
The last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity
The most important actions needed by Madagascar's new government to prevent species and habitats being lost for everCredit: Copyright Daniel ...
