Forum 2012, which was held between 24 and 26 April 2012 in Cape Town, was the beginning of an exciting new series of the well-known and respected Global Forum for Health Research meetings.  Under the theme of ”Beyond Aid… Research and Innovation as key drivers for Health, Equity and Development”, Forum 2012 focused on potential solutions– in low- and [...]

The American Academy of Microbiology has released its newest colloquium report, “Bringing the Lab to the Patient: Developing Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Resource Limited Settings.” The report is based on a colloquium convened in September 2011, where a diverse group of participants discussed three important questions:         What diseases or medical conditions would benefit most from [...]

Dr. Hassan Mshinda, Director General of Tanzania’s Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), speaks to the Forum 2012 video interview team about how Tanzanian researchers and scientists are coming to the fore in the development of the country. Click Here

By Gabi Falanga In a session on Mobile health, panellists discussed various ways in which mobile technology is being used in the health field, to provide health assistance not only to patients, but also to healthcare workers. Panellists discussed how mobile health (mhealth) is being used to provide citizens with important health information, combat counterfeit [...]

By Gabi Falanga Twenty-five years ago, Dr Abhay Bang and his wife went to Gadchiroli – the poorest, least developed district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The young doctors were delighted, for want of a more appropriate word, when they discovered that 15% of the population carried the gene for sickle cell disease. But [...]