WHO-licensed Nigerian factory to address test kit shortages following USAID funding cuts to health programmes.

Research into the venom of the Indian black scorpion has led to a possible new antivenom specific to the species.

[DAR ES SALAAM, SciDev.Net] Tanzanian scientists say finding gene variants that predict a sickle cell patient’s response to drugs should pave the way for DNA testing before treatment, to improve ...

Water projects in arid Middle Eastern countries face an uncertain future amid US and other international aid cuts.

Les Philippines proposent une technologie qui permet aux éleveurs de diagnostiquer eux-mêmes la maladie dans un contexte où ...

African Swine Fever, which causes haemorrhagic fever in pigs, has had a devastating effect on the country’s swine industry, ...

[KIGALI, SciDev.Net] After years of progress in reducing malaria cases, Rwanda is confronting a surprising resurgence and ...

Nepal has world’s worst rates of lung disease caused mainly by burning garbage and indoor smoke — study.

Women use tobacco concoction for sexual pleasure or conception, but the risks are high, writes Fo-Koffi Djamessi ...

SciDevNet uncovers the ‘silent killer’ of food and water contamination in West Africa, as statistics show related hospital outpatient cases.

Laura Hood summarises the latest data on the world's biodiversity, with facts and figures on its value and efforts to conserve it.

Noise from deep sea mining will bring unpredictable ecological consequences to the Pacific Ocean.