Archive
Keyword - Africa
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Single fund for African science aid - Premium content
Cash pool could break power struggles between competing agencies on the continent.
29 December 2008
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Malaria vaccine gets shot in the arm from tests - Premium content
Promising results pave the way for a vaccine candidate to undergo full-blown trials across Africa.
8 December 2008
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Food research 'lost in translation' - Premium content
Funders call for public and private partners to collaborate in getting new crops to farmers.
7 November 2008
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Gabon centre refocuses on emerging diseases - Premium content
Incoming director-general aims to reinvigorate medial institution.
29 October 2008
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Incoming South African health minister raises hopes on HIV - Premium content
But new medicines bill triggers conflict-of-interest fears.
26 September 2008
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Bushmeat ban would have dire effects - Premium content
Report finds that conservation strategy for African game could be counterproductive.
17 September 2008
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Africa's climate tied to northern hemisphere - Premium content
Ocean temperatures seem to control rainfall in tropical Africa.
11 September 2008
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Water: A long dry summer - Premium content
In parts of the world already facing unreliable food supplies, an uncertain climate adds to the future stress for soils, plants and people. Quirin Schiermeier reports on water strategies for a drier world.
19 March 2008
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Libya progresses on HIV - Premium content
Integrated approach could be model for Africa.
12 March 2008
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Malaria: The end of the beginning - Premium content
After decades of work, a pioneering malaria vaccine may soon reach the final phase of clinical trials. In the first of two features on efforts against malaria, Brendan Maher reports on a vaccine that is far from perfect - but which may provide new direction and save thousands of lives.
27 February 2008
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