As Bill Gates promises US$200 billion for Africa, experts say lasting impact depends on supporting local innovation.

National polio laboratories will help Africa in its final push towards eradicating the disease, writes Chikwe Ihekweazu, outgoing acting director for WHO Africa. [LAGOS, SciDev.Net] As my term as ...

Climate change, conflicts, drug resistance and funding cuts block progress towards ending malaria in the Asia Pacific region ...

[SYDNEY, SciDev.Net] Mechanical engineers in the US have decided to make their exoskeleton design open source, ensuring the assistive technology for people with severe physical disabilities is free to ...

[ADDIS ABABA, SciDevNet] For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia’s Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything. Water hyacinth, a fast-spreading aquatic weed, ...

The new, single box fermenter enables farmers to process beans properly and sell directly to exporters at 35,000 Ugandan Shillings (US$10) — a 40 per cent increase that eliminates middlemen entirely, ...

As the tobacco sector targets youth with flavoured products, control efforts turn to AI to weed out digital marketing.

Rehydrating the most malnourished children intravenously is safe and carries fewer complications than the recommended method, a study finds.

Scientists must make their voices heard to shape responses to our ocean crisis, write authors from the International Science Council’s Ocean Expert Group.

[طرابلس، SciDev.Net] ظهرت سوسة النخيل الحمراء مجددًا في شرق ليبيا، إذ انتشرت بسبع مزارع في واحة أوجلة، التي لم تعهدها من قبل ...

Every dollar invested in drought resilience could avert up to ten times as much in future losses, says the Organisation for ...

cette plateforme aide facilite le reboisement de ces lieux essentiels de la vie communautaire en y réintroduisant des espèces ...