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Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs – business people more interested in doing good than making money – become more successful. Land mines are...

Alvin Hall, a business and financial expert, is travelling the world helping social entrepreneurs – business people more interested in doing good than making money – become more successful. In India, farmers...

In rural Africa, poor transport costs lives. Riders for Health is changing all this. But can they now set up a new medical transport network in rural Zambia in just six months?...

The police, Ministry of Health and customs are joining forces to fight counterfeit drugs in Cambodia. Supported by pharmaceutical companies and the French government, the joint force is carrying out raids and...

A Nigerian-American pharmaceutical company is using a new system to combat counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. Each packet of drugs is accompanied by a scratch card with a 12-digit code. Patients then text...

India accounts for 86% of the world’s cases of oral cancer and 90% of these are linked to tobacco. Incidences of oral cancer are particularly high in areas where chewable tobacco is...

Scientists in Singapore are helping stroke victims regain control of their limbs through brain power and robotic arms. The patient wears a cap fitted with electrodes and when they think about moving...

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...