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Polio survivors face biggest fight of their lives
Oct 23, 2024 · Polio survivors facing the little-known late effects of the disease are being overlooked, writes Neena Bhandari. [SYDNEY] Every year, 24 October is observed as World Polio Day, while the whole month is designated to raising awareness of the disease.
‘Undetectable’ HIV patients could hold key to treatments
Sep 26, 2024 · [JOHANNESBURG] A rare group of HIV-positive people who maintain undetectable levels of the virus in their blood without medication could hold the key to new therapies for others living with the disease, says a leading genome expert.. Unlike the vast majority of those infected, these so-called “elite controllers” can suppress the virus without the need for antiretroviral therapy (ART ...
Chloé Farand - Sub-Saharan Africa
A freelance climate and environment reporter, Chloé has covered international climate politics and the levers and blockers of climate action for the past six years. She has reported on the UN climate conferences since 2016.
Integrating modern and traditional medicine: Facts and figures
May 27, 2010 · Box 1.Artemisinin: traditional medicine's blockbluster drug; Artemisinin, which is extracted from Artemisia annua or Chinese sweet wormwood, is the basis for the most effective malaria drugs the world has ever seen.. Western researchers first became aware of the compound in the 1980s, though it had long been used in China to treat malaria.
Eating insects ‘could cut greenhouse gas emissions’
Jan 17, 2011 · Researchers have found that rearing insects as a replacement food for livestock could drastically cut harmful emissions.
Philippine struggle to make the grade in STEM education
Dec 5, 2022 · Asia Pacific countries need to work harder to make STEM education attractive, say experts. [MANILA] The Philippines, despite numerous attempts to improve its educational outcomes, has instead become an educational laggard, taking the ignominious distinction of getting low rankings in three different global evaluations that scored students’ performance in science, technology, engineering and ...
Nigeria revokes sickle cell drug licence - SciDev.Net
Mar 16, 2009 · A long chapter in an internationally-watched experiment in the commercialisation of an indigenous medicine has drawn to a close after the company charged with producing the drug had its licence revoked.
How to create resilient agriculture - SciDev.Net
Mar 21, 2012 · Durable food security and agricultural growth depend on development strategies with resilience built in from the start, says Gordon Conway.. Economic growth with resilience to environmental threats will be central to the agenda of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June this year, which aims to map out a pathway of sustainable development for the planet.
Smriti Mallapaty - Asia & Pacific
ProfileA senior editor with the Nature Index with years of experience reporting on science, agriculture and technology from the South Asian region. Contact Details: [email protected] Location: Sydney, Australia Languages Spoken: Nepalese, English, German, French Areas of Interests: Biology, agriculture, sanitation, policy Local/Demographic Interests: South Asia