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Scientists in South Africa have won a prize for their work towards developing a safer, cheaper treatment for rabies.

India will monitor tropical climate from the skies, water treatment goes local in Nepal, wild sugarcane becomes source of biofuel, and more.

Researchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.

Tailoring health research so it targets the country's health needs is a major goal of a new project at Uganda's largest university.

Why new malaria drugs don't need to be perfect, the nations vulnerable to climate change, farmers and researchers in Sierra Leone, and more.

A comparison of different strains of tuberculosis has revealed that they are prone to acquiring drug resistance.

Satellite rainfall estimation in the Himalayas, India builds its first foreign satellite, arsenic contamination in Pakistan, and more.

A new survey reveals that China has one of the highest levels of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the world.

A rapid tuberculosis test that can detect only one in a hundred cases has highlighted the need for regulation, say diagnostics experts.

The world's poor are likely to benefit from key science-related appointments in the president-elect's administration.

Scientists' predictions that malaria would worsen on Bolivia's altiplano may be coming true.

The US Institute of Medicine says global health — and health research — should become central to US foreign policy.

Guinea worm might be eradicated, Nigeria and Mali roll out HIV testing, Angola is urged to improve its child vaccination monitoring and more.

Researchers have identified unexpected diversity among rotavirus strains from children with gastroenteritis in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama.

A malaria vaccine looks set to enter final-stage clinical trials after earlier trials deemed it effective and safe to use alongside other vaccines.

Following the failure of vaccine and microbicide trials, scientists say they will study antiretroviral drugs for HIV prevention.

Pakistan gets in on tsunami warning, Bangladesh seeks to host a climate change centre, health services in Afghanistan extended, and more.

Scarce resources could be directed towards life-threatening cerebral malaria with a new test that accurately diagnoses the disease.

Clones of extremely aggressive bacteria have been found in patients living in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Nigerian children can't access bednets, goats are a good model for HIV infection, Nestlé blames animal feed for milk contamination, and more.