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Population Services International is marketing condoms in Cambodia to attract two different types of customer. “OK” is a low-cost condom aimed at the commercial sex sector. “Number One” is a higher priced...

Young women in Pampaida district in northern Nigeria are being given free access to family planning for the first time. This is part of the district’s push to achieve the UN’s Millennium...

A new microscope has been developed that is ideal for use in the developing world. The Newton Microscope, a low-cost, compact and highly portable device, will be launched in March 2012. The...

NIsha Mistry of Smith & Nephew demonstrates the PICO negative pressure wound therapy device that helps chronic wounds to heal quickly.

Maryam Heidaripour, a design student from Iran, demonstrates a hijab that glows in the dark, designed to prevent road traffic accidents. Each year in Iran, 25,000 people are killed in roadside accidents...

20,000 African people travel to India every year for hospital treatment they can’t get at home, so an Indian company decided to set up a hospital in Nigeria. The hospital, staffed by...

Policemen are usually the first people on the scene of an accident so a project in India is training them to deal with accident trauma. With over three million kilometres of roads...

An animal welfare organisation in India is sterilising and vaccinating dogs to help reduce the spread of rabies. There are 28 million stray dogs in the country, which contributes a huge risk...

Scientists at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore have discovered a way to change the colour of silk worms and the silk that they spin. A special chemical dye is...

Health experts in India have come up with a new way of delivering health education – through a Bollywood TV soap. To encourage people to use toilets, for example, producers have dramatised...