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Only 10% of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, is connected to the central sewage system. The pit latrines often over fill and emptying them is infrequent, dangerous and unhygienic. Water Aid...

According to the Haitian government, the January 2010 earthquake cost 230,000 lives and injured 300,000 people. Leon Ginsly suffered a serious spinal cord injury when his house collapsed, killing his wife and eight...

Doctors and nurses have been using the same black “Gladstone” bag for over 150 years. They can harbour dangerous bacteria and important medical items can be lost in the many crevices and...

Nigeria is home to some of the deadliest snakes in the world and without quick access to anti-venom, their victims can be permanently disabled or die. The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is...

Surgeons at Imperial College and St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington are practicing their skills in a simulated operating suite. To make it as life-like as possible the mannequin is controlled by another surgeon. The...

In Africa, malaria kills 800,000 people every year, mainly children under the age of five. Not having treatment within 24 hours of the onset of fever can be fatal, as many families...

A children’s clinic in Guatemala is bringing back indigenous plants to help fight chronic malnutrition in the country. With rising food prices, most children are bought up on just tortilla and beans,...

Robotic surgery is transforming modern medicine. Large movements of the surgeons hands in the operating theatre translate into very small movements of the robotic instruments. It’s less tiring for the surgeons and for...

Nearly 900 million people around the world don’t have access to safe drinking water. Pure Water Technology has designed a bottle that filters and sterilises water in less than two minutes. The water is...

A new drug is being developed which employs a new mode of action to kill TB bacteria, by targeting an energy-producing enzyme. It is the first drug in 50 years to be...