Posts Tagged ‘developing countries’

Grassroots schools educate hard-to-reach kids

UC DAVIS (US) — An effort to create nonformal schools for children in Bangladesh who would not attend school otherwise is showing promising results. Continue…

Thursday, May 2, 2013 13:56 - 0 Comments

Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2013 8:24 - 2 Comments

Low-cost device averts baby brain damage

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new $40 device could protect the brains of oxygen-deprived babies born where doctors can’t afford the $12,000 units used in advanced hospitals. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 13:53 - 0 Comments

Ouchless sugar needles deliver ‘dried’ vaccine

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — A technique that delivers a dried live vaccine to the skin without a traditional needle could support the global fight against diseases such as HIV and malaria. (more…)

Society & Culture - Feb 5, 2013 12:02 - 0 Comments

Around the world, kids choose jobs vs. school

IOWA STATE (US) — When making a choice between school and a job, students in countries with high fertility and mortality rates are more likely to drop out. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2013 16:36 - 0 Comments

‘Land grabs’ may intensify global hunger

U. VIRGINIA (US) — When wealthy nations acquire large areas of land in developing countries, the process seriously threatens the food security of local people who depend on those natural resources for survival. (more…)

Society & Culture - Oct 9, 2012 12:57 - 1 Comment

Relax immigration for the economy’s sake

U. WARWICK (UK) — If developed countries relaxed their immigration rules by just three percent, it would generate more than $150 billion for the world’s economy, according to a new policy paper. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 17, 2012 11:27 - 2 Comments

Solar-power potty wins toilet challenge

CALTECH (US) — A toilet that uses power from the sun to break down water and human waste into fertilizer and hydrogen has won the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2012 12:01 - 0 Comments

Toilet challenge: UV potty gets Gates funding

U. TORONTO (CAN) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is challenging researchers to reinvent the toilet—making it safe and affordable for people in the developing world. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 1, 2012 12:11 - 0 Comments

In developing world, 150 million can’t sleep

U. WARWICK (UK) — The first pan-African and Asian analysis of sleep problems reveals that an estimated 150 million adults in the developing world suffer from sleep-related problems. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 25, 2012 13:56 - 7 Comments

Low-cost cell phone device fights anemia

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A low-cost device that connects to cell phones may help save hundreds of thousands of anemic mothers and children who die each year in developing countries. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 26, 2012 11:07 - 5 Comments

Safe stoves are a tough sell in rural Bangladesh

STANFORD (US) — Pollution from traditional cookstoves leads to millions of deaths in developing countries, but few people buy safer stoves because models aren’t designed to give people what they want, researchers say. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 9, 2012 13:42 - 0 Comments

Simple ‘thread’ test diagnoses fever

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The knotty problem of diagnosing fevers in poor, remote areas may be unraveled by a short length of cotton thread. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2012 17:25 - 2 Comments

As economy grows, waistlines may follow

RICE / U. COLORADO (US) — Developing nations experiencing economic and social growth might also see growing waistlines among their poorest citizens, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2012 12:03 - 0 Comments

Portable device to detect disease in 30 minutes

CORNELL (US) — Researchers are developing a small detector designed to quickly identify pathogens such as tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 16, 2012 13:49 - 0 Comments

As global incomes rise, diabetes follows

STANFORD (US) — Health experts expect the number of diabetics in developing countries to increase as incomes rise around the world. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 27, 2011 17:43 - 0 Comments

Videos via phone reach developing nations

U. ILLINOIS (US) — Short animated videos that can be viewed on cell phones are delivering important messages about issues such as farming and infectious disease to people in developing countries. (more…)

Midwives could save 3 million lives

U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — Each year, 358,000 women die while pregnant or giving birth, two million newborns die within the first 24 hours, and there are 2.6 million stillbirths, all because of inadequate healthcare. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 26, 2011 13:28 - 0 Comments

Rising food prices harm nutrition

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — The rising cost of food, especially fruits and vegetables, has a critical impact on nutrition intake, especially in, but not excluded to, emerging countries. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 13, 2011 13:39 - 0 Comments

More corruption, more collapse in quakes

U. COLORADO (US) — More than 80 percent of all deaths caused by building collapse during earthquakes in the last three decades occurred in countries considered to be unusually corrupt. (more…)

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