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Why are researchers trying to redesign a treatment for a disease that kills around 135,000 people every year in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Returning home can mean leaving HIV medicines and treatment records behind. Zimbabwe is using telehealth and patient-centred care to reconnect deported migrants with treatment. scidev.net/global/news/di…

More than 300 returning migrants sought HIV treatment support through Zimbabwe's Kutabila telehealth platform in just over a month, highlighting the health impact of recent deportations. scidev.net/global/news/di…

“Continuity of HIV treatment should not stop at national borders.” As thousands of Zimbabweans return from South Africa, health experts warn HIV treatment could be disrupted unless people are rapidly reconnected to care. scidev.net/global/news/di…

You don’t chase the methane. You chase the milk. And the methane follows. That is what Professor Jamie Newbold of @SRUC and Bayissa Hatew of the @ILRI say in our latest podcast. Listen: scidev.net/global/podcast…

For years, fish farmers on Kenya's Lake Victoria woke up to floating dead fish. Then an AI system sent a warning by SMS. With support from the @pulitzercenter, we uncovered how AI and alerts help Kenya's fisherfolk stay ahead of disaster. Read more here: bit.ly/4vfCUqB

Portable, affordable and highly sensitive. That's the goal behind Jaymi Leigh January's next-generation biosensors, designed to improve early diagnosis for TB, cancer and viral diseases. scidev.net/global/role-mo…

"Early diagnosis has the potential to transform healthcare." At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, South African researcher Jaymi Leigh January shared how nanotechnology could enable earlier disease detection. scidev.net/global/role-mo…

Could diseases be detected long before symptoms appear? South African scientist Jaymi Leigh January is developing nanotechnology-enabled biosensors that detect tiny amounts of TB, cancer and viral disease biomarkers. scidev.net/global/role-mo…

A new Latin America and Caribbean AI roadmap goes beyond regulation, targeting disinformation, digital skills, climate impacts and human rights. scidev.net/global/news/la…

"AI can both deepen and reduce inequalities depending on how it is governed." @UNESCO says #ethicalAI policies must protect vulnerable groups as more than 20 countries adopt a regional roadmap. scidev.net/global/news/la…

More than 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed on a regional roadmap for ethical AI. Will it translate into policy? scidev.net/global/news/la…

Researchers look to replace gruelling four-dose regimen with twice-daily formulation: scidev.net/global/feature…

Why are researchers trying to redesign a treatment for a disease that kills around 135,000 people every year in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Cryptococcal meningitis is a fungal infection that mostly affects people with HIV and kills around 135,000 people each year in Sub-Saharan Africa. And many survivors are left with life-altering long-term effects including vision loss. Experts say building community awareness and increasing diagnostic testing is the only way to tackle this neglected disease. Learn more: bit.ly/4oYBvn5 Via @SciDevNet

Ebola co-discoverer Jean-Jacques Muyembe says logistics may be as important as medicine in eastern DRC's Bundibugyo outbreak. scidev.net/global/opinion…

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Cryptococcal meningitis often begins with a headache. It can end with blindness, seizures or death. Yet the disease remains under-diagnosed and under-funded across Africa. Supported by @DNDi scidev.net/global/feature…

Can AI stop mass fish deaths on Lake Victoria? ✳️What farmers are calling a miracle is, in fact, the result of years of scientific investigation, local innovation & a partnership between public researchers & private technologists. independent.co.ug/can-ai-stop-ma… via @SciDevNet

Bundibugyo Ebola spread in part because its symptoms looked different from the Ebola doctors expected, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, DG, DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) and co-discoverer of the Ebola virus. scidev.net/global/opinion…