developing world

Scientists can foster new talent, find new funding options, and tap into business opportunities by forging relationships between researchers in emerging, developing and developed nations.

Antibiotics boost men’s responses to the oral rotavirus vaccine.

A new report estimates that 95 percent of people live in areas with dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter such as dust and soot.

The prototype blood test could eventually be used to diagnose infections in resource-poor regions.

Mexico’s health ministry has OKed the vaccine for people between nine and 45 years old.

A programmable, hand-operated microfluidic device could help researchers designing more-accessible diagnostics.

Researchers design a device that attaches to a smartphone to test for diverse infectious diseases from a drop of blood.

See global ophthalmologist Geoff Tabin describe his experiences performing cataract surgeries in Nepal and Africa.

Despite a fierce civil war, scientists led a 14-year grassroots campaign that has eradicated a parasitic disease from northern Sudan.

The community-based healthcare effort that helped stamp out river blindness in one area of Sudan

The debilitating parasitic disease, onchocerciasis, is all but vanquished in one corner of Sudan, thanks to a community-wide health effort.

Research misconduct is not limited to the developed world, but few countries anywhere are responding adequately.

Scientists working in developing countries find that giving back to local communities enriches their own research.

Scientists working in developing nations who engage in capacity building find it bolsters the lives of locals and their own work.

Scientists should submit their work to open-access repositories to support research in parts of the world that don’t have access to the vast libraries of pay-wall-constrained literature.

Resource-limited countries are in desperate need of better diagnostic tests for life-threatening illnesses.

Affordable diagnostic tests tackle the world’s most pressing health problems.

Diagnostic test strips that cost just pennies can test for liver damage, mold, and milk spoilage in the developing world.