[Todos] promocion de la salud usando medios sociales: SciDev.Net Weekly Update (12 - 18 September 2011): Social media for health science, Junk equipment in African labs, Uganda wrong over funding, and more
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SciDev.Net Weekly Update (12 - 18 September 2011): Social media for
health science, Junk equipment in African labs, Uganda ‘wrong’ over
fund
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Social media can bolster science in health [5]
Networking online can help health researchers cut out redundancy in the
scientific process and work more effectively, argue _Alexander E. T.
Finlayson and colleagues_.
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Millennium Science Initiative funding has produced an impressive range
of projects in Uganda. The government is wrong to bring it to an end.
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Agricultural research could improve food security in the developing
world, the first G20 meeting on the subject has said.
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Kenya's secretary of state for agriculture says scientists should
leave their 'comfort zone' and engage opponents of GM foods in public
debate.
EN [13]
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Algeria's science budget has grown significantly in recent years,
although researchers say projects face too many bureaucratic hurdles.
EN [15]
A WHO study has found that African governments are giving traditional
medicine increasing support.
EN [16]
Uganda's 60,000 smallholder tea farmers may lose their livelihoods as
temperatures rise.
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A donkey ambulance and a mobile phone stethoscope have been rare
examples of medical inventions suited to the developing world, a
meeting
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Source: The Guardian
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Health scientists in developing countries can use social media to
tackle research priorities, argue _Alexander E. T. Finlayson and
colleagues_.
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Plans for science collaboration in the Muslim world aren't working and
need a major revamp, says _Athar Osama_.
EN [29]
Source: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
EN [30]
MORE OPINIONS [31]
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A move to give African scientists recycled lab equipment has created
an opportunity for networking and collaboration, says_ Vijaysree
Venkatraman_.
EN [33]
MORE FEATURES [34]
From used pipettes to a global network [35]
A non-profit organisation set up to send recycled lab equipment to
Africa has created opportunities for collaboration and networking.
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UGANDA 'WRONG OVER FUNDING'
The government should rethink its decision to stop receiving
Millennium Science Initiative money
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JUMP-STARTING ISLAMIC COLLABORATION
Science cooperation among Islamic countries has stalled -- getting
back on track is vital
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SPEAKING OUT
Should Kenyan scientists be taking part in the GM debate?
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G20 THUMBS-UP FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
The economic heavyweights say we need to research our way out of food
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