Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Six social entrepreneurs who are addressing pressing poverty challenges through market-based approaches have been selected…
Browsing: Research
Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe
The first trial of a pioneering therapy to retrain the immune system and slow the…
Next-generation mosquito nets on the way
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provisionally recommended the use of a new generation of…
Brazilian scientists break genetic code of Zika protein
Brazilian researchers have described the three-dimensional structure of the NS5 protein responsible for the replication…
Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa
Collated Childhood cancer statistics in sub-Saharan Africa have been published for the first time as…
Scientists can see Zika coming by tracking the climate
From the ashes of a devastating Zika virus outbreak last year, scientists are piecing together…
Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of…
LSTM awarded £11 million by NIHR to establish new research unit and groups
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £11 million by the National…
Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have…