Local ideas shaping national health agendas to reduce child deaths in developing countries

The Healthcare Innovation Award contributes to an ambitious partnership between GSK and Save the Children, which aims to save the lives of a million of the world’s poorest children.

 GSK (http://www.gsk.com) and Save the Children today announced the launch of their second annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health meeting in South Africa. The award was established to identify and reward innovations in healthcare that have proven...

Organizational needs often forgotten in developing countries' IT education
EurekAlert (press release)
A shortage of skilled IT service management professionals constitutes an obstacle for the efficient use of information and communication technology, and is a particular challenge for the least developed countries, such as Tanzania. Tanzanian universities offer ...

Organisational needs often forgotten in developing countries' IT education
Phys.Org
A shortage of skilled IT service management professionals constitutes an obstacle for the efficient use of information and communication technology, and is a particular challenge for the least developed countries, such as Tanzania. Tanzanian universities offer ...

Act now, Covid-19 is turning its fury on developing countries  Daily Nation

Readers tend to pay little attention to newspaper stories on development. And even when they do, it is only when the story is made juicy. At this point, when almost everyone in Tanzania seems to be mesmerised by the political drama ahead of the October election, we are likely to witness that kind of thing.

PARIS, Nov. 30, 2015 – Four European countries – Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland – today announced a new $500 million initiative that will find new ways to create incentives aimed at large scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries to combat climate change. The World Bank Group worked with the countries to develop the initiative.

The Transformative Carbon Asset Facility will help developing countries implement their plans to cut emissions by working with them to...

New cars should incorporate features that would help reduce the deaths of pedestrians and motorcyclists, a new report says.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

Developing countries are headed for a year of disappointing growth, as first quarter weakness in 2014 has delayed an expected pick-up in economic activity, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released today.

Bad weather in the US, the crisis in Ukraine, rebalancing in China, political strife in several middle-income economies, slow progress on structural reform, and capacity constraints are all contributing to a...