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Buruli ulcer is a little-known disease in Ghana, even though it is highly prevalent in West Africa. Cases have also been found in over 30 countries, including Australia. It starts with a...

  Last year, the blood transfusion service collected just over one million litres of blood from donors in the United Kingdom. This enormous and expensive effort is currently the only way possible...

Industrial designers in Sweden have developed an inflatable bicycle helmet that is worn as a collar. This is in response to the fact that many cyclists do not wear helmets, even though...

A mobile family planning clinic is offering a variety of contraceptive methods to hundreds of  women in Guatemala, where more than half do not use any form of birth control. Half of...

Designers have come up with an improved ambulance after spending months of research, accompanying paramedics on several 12 hours shifts. There is enough space for a paramedic to have 360-degree access to...

Prior to World AIDS day, Richard Blewitt, CEO of Help Age International and Winnie Sseruma, Advocacy and Networks Officer of Christian Aid, speak about the specific challenges facing older people living with...

The newest and most effective anti-malaria drugs are now available to more people in Ghana, thanks to a subsidy. The price of Artemisinin Combination Therapy drugs (ACTs) have been cut by 80%,...

In Cambodia, acid attacks have officially affected 347 people since 1984, but experts say countless incidents go unreported. Acid is relatively cheap and easy to get hold of in Cambodia, but is...

In 2008, there was just one doctor serving 350,000 people in Rwanda’s Burera district and the health statistics were among the worst in the country. The newly opened Butaro hospital is the...

For people with diabetes, low or high blood sugar levels can be very dangerous. A dog’s sense of smell is so acute that it can detect the change before a patient falls...