Women need easy access to contraceptive methods, says study
A new study says that Guatemalan women need free, informed access to contraceptive methods to avoid unsafe abortions.
29 June 2009 | ES
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A new study says that Guatemalan women need free, informed access to contraceptive methods to avoid unsafe abortions.
29 June 2009 | ES
Despite national prevention programmes, a study has found that shared syringes are the most common mode of HIV transmission in Puerto Rico.
25 June 2009 | ES
Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.
A study has found that women between the ages of 24 and 45 years old can benefit from a vaccine that protects against the virus responsible for cervical cancer.
24 June 2009 | ES
A simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.
Source: La Nación
23 June 2009 | ES
22 June 2009 | ES
Using data on sea temperature and vegetation a new climate model can predict dengue outbreaks many weeks in advance.
The Colombian government has launched a programme for training up scientists from primary school to postdoctoral level.
15 June 2009 | ES
12 June 2009 | ES
India is falling behind in science publishing, a leading analyst warns, and it will take more than ambition to solve the problem.
11 June 2009 | ES
Policymakers facing tough decisions about moving people because of climate change may be helped by a mathematical model.
Source: Colatino
9 June 2009 | ES
The Dominican Republic is investing very little in science and technology
Source: Clave Digital
9 June 2009 | ES
The US National Institutes of Health will bear the brunt of risky preclinical research for drug development in neglected diseases.
Colombia must increase its PhD programmes to provide career opportunities for the country's scientists, says Danish academic Lauritz Holm-Nielsen.
Source: El Espectador
9 June 2009 | ES
Chile has been pushing the use of wind and solar energies in the last four years, announced the country's president Michelle Bachelet.
3 June 2009 | ES
Source: Excelsior y Rumbo
3 June 2009 | ES
1 June 2009 | ES