[Todos] temas de salud (malaria, dengue) y ciencia global: SciDev.Net Weekly Update (19 - 25 September 2011): Local priorities must guide research into policy, Malaria: coming or going?, Radar for tsunamis, and more

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     SciDev.Net Weekly Update (19 - 25 September 2011): Local priorities
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  		 ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON THE SCIDEV.NET WEBSITE OVER THE LAST WEEK: 19
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  Put local priorities first in research governance [5]

Donors naturally want to see the research they fund in policy -- but
they should support good governance, not rely on informal networks, 
says
_Justin Parkhurst_.
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  Deadly tsunamis could be detected more quickly using the existing
array of coastal radar stations.
   EN  [8]

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  Deaths from malaria could be almost stamped out if progress made so
far in fighting the disease is maintained, claims a report.
   EN  [10] |  ES  [11]

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  Brazil's science community has started a petition urging that seven
per cent of oil royalties go to science, technology and innovation.
   EN  [13] |  ES  [14]

  Other developing countries could prove important role models for Haiti
on how to build science into its reconstruction plans, says a report.
   EN  [15] |  ES  [16]

  An international biotechnology centre should begin operations in
Nigeria early next year.
   EN  [17]

  Technologies such as mobile phones are generating new business models
that are opening up healthcare opportunities for women and children.
   EN  [18]

  A panel set up to review the finances of the Global Fund after the
misuse of its grants has recommended a substantial overhaul.
  Source: The Wall Street Journal
   EN  [19]

  Ghana's biotechnology research centre will look into how cassava,
sweet potato and yam could reduce food insecurity in West Africa.
   EN  [20]

  Contrary to conventional wisdom and practices, letting wildlife graze
together with cattle may be beneficial to livestock, finds a study.
  Source: Science NOW
   EN  [21]

  Although the number of deaths from non-infectious disease is on the
increase, the rate of mortality is going down, say some experts.
  Source: Nature
   EN  [22] |  ES  [23]

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  To see the research they fund in action, donors should work with good
local governance, not informal networks, writes _Justin O. Parkhurst_.
   EN  [29] |  中文  [30]

  Healthcare policies and research strategies in developing countries
must adapt to the new big killers, says _Priya Shetty_.
   EN  [31]

  Source: Yale Environment 360
   EN  [32]

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  Coming soon: Spotlight on Nuclear power after Fukushima

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whether it is a viable energy option in the developing world and how 
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  TACKLING CHRONIC DISEASES
  Developing countries must focus on their own healthcare systems to
combat a rising tide of non-communicable disease

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  SEEING THROUGH OCEANS
  Existing radar stations could be adapted to detect tsunamis in South
and South-East Asia

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  MALARIA: IS THE END IN SIGHT?
  Roll Back Malaria believes that, at this rate, malaria deaths will be
a thing of the past by 2022

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  SHOW US THE MONEY
  Brazilian scientists want a cut of royalties from the country's newly
discovered oil reserves

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