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Ethical and sustainable standards of care — the treatment received by patients and participants in medical research — are essential to ensuring people's well being.
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Opinions and Analysis
New tools to fight fake medicines
New technologies can help African countries identify counterfeit or substandard drugs, says director of Africa Fighting Malaria Roger Bate.
Chronic disease — a neglected priority
Governments and donors must find ways to tackle the rise in non-communicable disease, which can mean reassessing health priorities in developing nations.
Surgery is cheap and effective, but donors neglect it
10 June 2008
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Source: PLoS Medicine
Policy Briefs
Better research capacity means better decision-making
Building local research capacity can lead to more effective decision-making based on scientific findings in mother and newborn health.
6 February 2009
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Source: Towards 4+5
News and Features
Rates of HIV-positive newborns reduced in Haiti
A pilot programme aiming to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV has reduced infection in babies from 27 to nine per cent.
9 April 2009
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Rural medics to get mobile advice 'hotline'
Rural health workers will get advice via mobile phones as part of a project in Ghana — just one of a growing 'health hotlines' movement.
