Reducing salt consumption at population levels is a cost-effective strategy to combat high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in Africa according to new Griffith University-led research.
Nov 26, 2020
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Restarting the global economy for billions of people will depend on successfully overcoming logistical challenges in the 'last mile' of a COVID-19 vaccine's journey to immunization stations, according to a new report.
Nov 25, 2020
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Resource-limited settings are the chief cause of overwhelming neonatal and fetal deaths around the world, with low- and middle-income countries such as India and Pakistan continuing to be major contributors to neonatal mortality.
Nov 23, 2020
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Scientists behind a coronavirus jab being developed in Britain on Monday hailed it as a potential "vaccine for the world", which could be cheaper to make and easier to store and distribute than its main rivals.
Nov 23, 2020
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Infectious diseases do not respect borders.
Nov 11, 2020
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A new global assessment of purchasing agreements for COVID-19 vaccines reveals that high-income countries, as well as a few middle-income countries flush with manufacturing capacity, have already purchased nearly 3.8 billion ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Collecting drinking water in low and middle income countries can cause serious injury, particularly for women, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Nov 4, 2020
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The COVID infection fatality ratio is around 1% in high-income countries, but substantially lower in low-income countries with younger populations.
Oct 30, 2020
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Mexico, which has one of the world's highest COVID-19 death tolls, announced Friday that it was joining a WHO-backed program to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines.
Sep 25, 2020
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More than 60 wealthy nations have joined a WHO-backed programme to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines, but the US and China are not on the list published Monday.
Sep 21, 2020
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