China, India economic development key to achieving MDG for safe drinking water
Tokyo - The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) attempted from 2000 to 2015 produced mixed and debatable results. But ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
Virginia Tech joins global effort on vector control strategy to prevent malaria
Credit: Virginia Tech Malaria, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development, continues to be a leading cause of illness ...
Despite years of progress, many african countries have wide variation in vaccine coverage
New study published in The Lancet helps identify where to improve vaccine deliveryCredit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE ...
Case of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico
Credit: CDC/ William L. Nicholson, Ph.D. (Public Domain, 2012) Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) is a recurring fever caused by exposure ...
The Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4 million new cases of childhood asthma every year
Globally, the estimates suggest that there are 170 new cases of traffic pollution-related asthma per 100,000 children every year, and ...
ClinEpiDB data resource releases childhood malnutrition and intestinal disease study
Credit: ClinEpiDB/University of Pennsylvania As the big data revolution continues to evolve, access to data that cut across many disciplines ...
Scientists identify a key gene in the transmission of deadly African sleeping sickness
Study by UCLA, Swiss life scientists reveals critical insights on disease-causing parasitesCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Life scientists from UCLA and the ...
A new molecule to fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Diabetes: research on active drugs orally administratedCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes ...
Number of nonsmokers with COPD on the rise
Exposure to biomass fuel is large contributor of COPD in rural patients The global burden of COPD is high, and ...
Media registration for ACC Latin America Conference 2019 is open!
Media registration for the American College of Cardiology's Latin America Conference 2019 is open! The ACC Latin America Conference 2019 ...
Too hungry to learn — new research provides food for thought
Food insecurity -- that is, limited access to sufficient safe and nutritious food at home -- negatively impacts on the ...
Lack of access to antibiotics is a major global health challenge
In a new report, CDDEP researchers identify key barriers that prevent access to antibiotics in LMICs and provide potential solutsions ...
Identifying regions that would most benefit from an innovative strategy against malaria
Ivermectin administration to livestock would have the greatest impact in West AfricaCredit: Imbahale et al., 2019 An analysis led by ...
UTMB to lead program to advance treatments against potentially bioterrorist pathogens
Researchers awarded up to $35 million by NIH to develop and test vaccines and post-infection treatments GALVESTON, Texas -- The ...
Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands' communities
Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control Mass drug administration (MDA) of two ...
Vanderbilt-led research team ‘sprints’ to stop Zika virus
In January scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and colleagues in Boston, Seattle and St. Louis were given an ...
Researchers create molecules with strong anti-Zika virus potential
The finding might also have application in developing anti-parasite and antibacterial treatments New York, April 4, 2019 - The Zika ...
Researchers engineer a cost-effective treatment for neglected tropical disease
A fungus, an antibiotic, a parasite, and a cureCredit: Image by Motomichi Matsuzaki, CC-BY Researchers have turned a fungus into ...
Capturing mosquito waste could speed up virus detection
Proof-of-concept test results in first-ever detection of viruses in field-collected mosquito wasteCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library Annapolis, ...
Opitz C Syndrome: New advances to improve the genetic diagnose of an ultra-rare disease
When the early diagnose is mistakenCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Opitz C syndrome (OCS), an ultra-rare disease that causes serious physical ...