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Community health workers in Bangladesh are helping babies survive their first month – the most critical of their lives. The health workers visit new mothers and their babies four times during this...

A pilot study in Tanzania to help prevent malaria is identifying and targeting bodies of water where mosquitoes lay eggs. The larvae are then poisoned with larvicide and eventually die. Results show...

Approximately 20,000 people suffering with diarrhoea are admitted to the main hospital in Matlab in rural Bangladesh every year. Most of them are from poor backgrounds who do not have proper toilets...

Premature babies are being kept alive in rural Bangladesh with kangaroo mother care. This means holding babies close to their mother’s chest, just like baby kangaroos in their mother’s pouch. The main...

Eclampsia is a major cause of maternal death in the developing world but it can be prevented if detected early. Jhpiego, a US health organisation has developed a “marker pen” to be...

In the last 10 years the proportion of people with high blood pressure in China has almost doubled – from 10 to over 18% of the population. A key contributing factor is...

Tackling bacterial diseases requires rapid, accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment with antibiotics. But many countries lack the skills and experience needed. The Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam has developed a special camera which...

Medical students at Imperial College, London, are doing anatomy training with a giant touch screen computer and a 3D scan of the human body. The Anatomage table allows students to view the...

Surgical training is a long and complex process and is especially difficult in poorer countries. Professor Kneebone of Imperial College has come up with a low-cost, portable, simulated operating theatre developed to...

  Each year, 250,000 people die as a result of asthma, but many of these deaths could be prevented. Studies have indicated a correlation between the onset of asthmatic episodes and a...