[Todos] boletin de noticias cientificas SciDev.Net Weekly Update (30 April - 7 May 2012): Grassroots innovation, African universities, US global health spend, Saving preterm babies, and more

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 		ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON THE SCIDEV.NET WEBSITE
OVER THE LAST WEE=: 30 APRIL - 7 MAY 2012

 Innovation at the
grass=oots

_SciDev.Net_ puts the Spotlight on ingenious technologies
=hat lie below the radar of conventional innovation systems, and asks
how l=cal communities can be helped to unlock their creative
potential.

 TECHNICAL CREATIVITY NEEDS NURTURING AT THE GRAS=ROOTS

Efforts to promote sustainable development must tap into technolog=es
developed locally, driven by community needs and priorities. 
EN | ES 


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 SIMPLE INTERVENTIONS COULD SAVE MOST PREMATURE BABIES 
A
global report on deaths among preterm babies says simple techniq=es
could save many lives. 
EN 

 US SHOULD FUND MORE LATE-STAGE HEALTH
R|+|AMP|+|D, SAYS REPORT 
A report on United States health R&D has urged
Washington to incre=se its focus on translational research and product
development. 
EN 

 TROPICAL COUNTRIES STRUGGLE TO ENGAGE WITH REDD+ 
A
ranking of countries' abilities to monitor forest loss reveals t=at many
are unable to fulfil the terms of REDD+ and need outside support. 
EN |
ES | 中文 

 WHOOPING COUGH FOUND IN VACCINATED CHILDREN IN P=KISTAN

Researchers say they have identified whooping cough in previously
=accinated children, a finding rejected by health officials. 
EN 


GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY PANEL LAUNCHED 
World governments have launched an
'IPCC' for biodiversity, which =ill assess ecosystems and natural
resources. 
Source: Nature News 
EN | ES 

 WARNINGS AGAINST SDG 'RUSH'
AHEAD OF RIO+20 SUMM=T 
The latest round of informal consultations on
the Rio+20 zero draf= have heard conflicting arguments on Sustainable
Development Goals. 
EN | ES 

 TSUNAMI FORECAST MODELS 'TOO SIMPLE', SAY
RESEAR=HERS 
Tsunami researchers say current models rely on equations
that cann=t respond to complex wave behaviours along shorelines. 
EN 


Predictive tool could cut HIV test costs 
A predictive tool could free
up resources by reducing the need for=specialised monitoring of how well
anti-HIV drugs are working. 
EN | ES 

 BRAZIL APPROVES LATEST FOREST
CODE 
The Brazilian Congress has approved a scaled-back version of its
p=oposed 'Forest Code', disappointing scientists and environmentalists.

EN | ES  

 QATARI HEALTHCARE INNOVATION TO BE USED IN ITALY=/A> 
EN


'SOUTH ASIA'S CANAL PROJECTS SPREAD MALARIA=92, SAYS REPORT 
EN


DEVELOPMENT FOCUS FOR CÔTE-D'IVOIRE RESEARCH F=ND 
EN 

SHARK DIVING
'PROMOTES CORAL REEF CONSERVATION' 
EN 

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY TRIGGER PEST
ATTACKS ON CASSA=A 
EN 

BRAZILIAN DAM 'MAY THREATEN' INDIGENOUS
COMM=NITIES 
ES 

BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA 'LEADING REGIONAL SCIENCE=92 
ES


ARGENTINA LAUNCHES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TV CHA=NEL 
ES

 SUCCESSFUL
INNOVATION DEPENDS ON ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS 
Technological innovation
can't be imposed on poor people -- they =ust be engaged to select ideas
that suit their lives, writes _Lawrence =udza_. 
EN | ES 

Put
grassroots innovation on the agenda 
Current models of innovation ignore
small-scale technology -- ins=itutions must ensure it's a key part of
the agenda, says Tony Marjoram=/em>. 
EN | ES 

How to protect the
inventions of the poor 
EN | ES 

AFRICA ANALYSIS: TAKING CHARGE OF
UNIVERSITY FUN=RAISING 
EN

 SUPPORTING GRASSROOTS INNOVATION: FACTS AND
FIGURES 
_Adrian Smith_ and colleagues explore grassroots innovation=,
their potential for development and challenges facing practitioners. 
EN
| ES 

HOW INNOVATION IS FLOURISHING AT THE GRASSROOTS 
_SciDev.Net_
reporters across the developing world describe= exciting initiatives
aimed at supporting innovation in local communities =and remote areas.

EN | ES 
 COMSATS IS BOOSTING SOUTH-SOUTH RESEARCH COOPERA=ION 
_I. E.
Qureshi _of the Commission on Science and Technology=for Sustainable
Development in the South responds to criticism of its acti=ities 
EN


Follow the leader for A=rican fundraising

Stellenbosch University has
raised a huge sum for research and ed=cation -- other institutions need
to change to tap growing philanthropic =iving, says _Linda Nordling_.


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 NEWBORN CARE
A WHO
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alive 

 Health R&D needs translation
A report looking at a decade of
US=health R&D funding says more effort is needed to move from lab to
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A predictive tool could reduce the=cost of CD4
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