Stove for the Developing Worldâs Health
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An estimated 1.6 million deaths a year are attributed to toxic indoor air. A new clean-burning wood stove could help decrease that number.
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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A revolutionary electronic device the size of a rice grain, which is implanted under a person&#39;s skin and holds the key to their medical records, will soon be saving lives around the world.
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To make matters worse in South Asia, the disaster zone is now being threatened with outbreaks of disease. The World Health Organization is warning that if fresh water and medicine
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Science & environment: Objective of growing replacement organs for humans has been brought a step closer
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The World Health Organization is poised to promote broader use of the pesticide DDT in the battle against malaria.
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The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world
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Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help doctors in the developing world.
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NEW YORK  - Despite repeated  recommendations to cook on the back burners of the stove and to  turn pot handles toward the back, many parents still fail to  recognize their child's potential risk for burns and scalds,  new study findings suggest.
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An international health partnership aimed at directing medical assistance more effectively to some of the world's poorest countries will be launched by Gordon Brown today.
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More poor countries may soon be pumping up their arsenal against malaria with DDT, the pesticide long banned in the United States.
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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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A bowel cancer screening programme is being introduced in a bid to reduce deaths.
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The World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders and other international agencies have begun rushing medical teams, generators and other equipment to provide safe drinking
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Care offered to people with long term conditions such as asthma and diabetes to be overhauled.
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The United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday that developing countries must play an active role alongside global partnerships to further cut child mortality and raise overall care.
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Public health reforms to be piloted in deprived areas in a bid to tackle high levels of poor health.