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Could Africa be the future for genomics research?
Funds for a major genomics programme in Africa will run dry this year. A chance to address global inequity in health-related genomics by building on the success of this initiative must not be missed.
- Zané Lombard
- & Guida Landouré
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Editorial |
The water crisis is worsening. Researchers must tackle it together
It’s unacceptable that millions living in poverty still lack access to safe water and basic sanitation. Nature Water will help researchers to find a way forward.
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Outlook |
How to help children traumatized by war
Widespread violence takes a serious toll on children’s mental health. But there are ways to alleviate the suffering.
- Fadi Maalouf
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Outlook |
The slow roll-out of the world’s first malaria vaccine
After 30 years of development, there is finally a vaccine for malaria. But it might take years to get it to the children who need it.
- Cassandra Willyard
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Editorial |
World leaders must step up to put biodiversity deal on path to success
Ahead of the COP15 biodiversity meeting, few disagree that we must do more to protect nature — but money, underwritten by top-level support, is needed to make it happen.
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Editorial |
Why climate finance is a political hot potato — and what to do about it
Loss-and-damage finance was a key bone of contention at the COP27 climate summit. To resolve it, the IPCC must bring the full power of science to bear.
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Career Feature |
Decolonizing the biosciences: Turning lip service into action
Prevent ‘equity washing’ by making research collaborations with level partnerships.
- Virginia Gewin
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News Round-Up |
Octopus TV, vaccine hoarding and climate inequality
The latest science news, in brief.
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Correspondence |
Remembering India’s pioneer in life-saving cholera treatment
- Biswa Prasun Chatterji
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News |
COVID vaccine hoarding might have cost more than a million lives
Low- and middle-income nations would have had lower death rates if vaccines had been shared more equitably.
- Heidi Ledford
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News |
Resistant mosquito threatens Africa’s fight against malaria
Study links invasive Anopheles stephensi to a recent outbreak in Ethiopia, worrying scientists.
- Max Kozlov
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Editorial |
There’s only one choice in Brazil’s election — for the country and the world
A second term for Jair Bolsonaro would represent a threat to science, democracy and the environment.
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Correspondence |
Adapt solar panels for sub-Saharan Africa
- Jonghoo Park
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World View |
Why I think ending article-processing charges will save open access
The way that the global north pays for publishing hampers public, scholar-led efforts in Latin America.
- Juan Pablo Alperin
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Correspondence |
Climate mitigation is not enough — focus on resilience now
- Joachim von Braun
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Editorial |
Laggard rich countries risk slowing the fight against AIDS, malaria and TB
The United Kingdom and Italy need to renew their commitments to banish these major infectious killers from the world.
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News |
100,000 coronavirus genomes reveal COVID’s evolution in Africa
Massive SARS-CoV-2 sequencing project in Africa brings global benefits.
- Diana Kwon
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Comment |
Assessing social aid: the scale-up process needs evidence, too
When programmes expand, new complexities and indirect consequences must be studied.
- Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
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Where I Work |
Preventing disease transmission between people and wildlife
Conservation scientist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka looks after the health of mountain gorillas and livestock in southwest Uganda and teaches local residents how to avoid illness.
- Christopher Bendana
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Correspondence |
Equitable drug access: small-scale manufacturing units can help
- Rachel Chikwamba
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Article
| Open AccessAfrican-specific molecular taxonomy of prostate cancer
A molecular taxonomy for prostate cancer reveals a subtype associated with copy-number loss found in African and European populations that predicts poor outcomes and two subtypes—one associated with high mutational noise and one with copy-number gain—specific to African populations.
- Weerachai Jaratlerdsiri
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- & Vanessa M. Hayes
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Editorial |
COP27 will be deadlocked if climate adaptation funding promise is broken
November’s climate summit in Egypt is heading for stalemate unless low- and middle-income countries can trust funding promises made by richer nations.
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Career Q&A |
My life at the helm of a top African cancer-treatment centre
Running the Uganda Cancer Institute is a chance to put my vision for treatment into practice, says Jackson Orem.
- Christopher Bendana
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Career Q&A |
Harmony on the farm: integrating crops, trees, goats and bees
Farmer and environmentalist Joshua Zake shares what he has learnt about advances in sustainable agriculture with small-scale farmers.
- Christopher Bendana
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Career Q&A |
Supporting children’s health in rural Uganda
Paediatric-health researcher Mary Nyantaro wants more investment in and mentoring for the research workforce.
- Christopher Bendana
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Career Feature |
From Togo to China: growing abroad as a PhD student
For Manzama-Esso Abi, moving abroad provided an opportunity to learn new skills that will benefit her research back home in Africa.
- Nikki Forrester
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Career Q&A |
From hydrocarbons to history: building research capacity in Ghana
Cyril Boateng is helping to connect members of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands through geophysics research, using skills he acquired during a PhD and postdoc in China.
- Kendall Powell
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Editorial |
Why a vaccine hub for low-income countries must succeed
A new initiative aims to shift the dangerous imbalance in access to medicines, laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic. It deserves support.
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Matters Arising |
Restoration prioritization must be informed by marginalized people
- Forrest Fleischman
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News Feature |
Unseating big pharma: the radical plan for vaccine equity
Charity failed to provide adequate vaccines for the global south. Now, 15 countries are seeing whether an open-science model can end a dangerous legacy of dependency.
- Amy Maxmen
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World View |
Blanket bans on fossil fuels hurt women and lower-income countries
Better legislation will help all without significantly contributing to climate change.
- Vijaya Ramachandran
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Where I Work |
Improving livestock to fight poverty and empower women
Doreen Anene works to boost the quality of hens’ eggs and inspire girls to study science.
- Nic Fleming
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Career Q&A |
Transforming waste into soap
Pharmacologist Janetti Francischi drew on folk wisdom and chemistry to turn used cooking oil into microbe-fighting soap during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Patrícia Maia Noronha
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Editorial |
Equity must be baked into randomized controlled trials
Experiments are transforming development research – but scientists must ensure the benefits reach those most in need.
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News Feature |
These experiments could lift millions out of dire poverty
Randomized trials are changing the way governments and aid organizations study — and deliver — measures to reduce inequality and poverty.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Nature Podcast |
How science can tackle inequality
We dive into Nature’s special edition on efforts to quantify and tackle inequality around the world, and investigate why breast cancers spread more at night.
- Nick Petrić Howe
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Comment |
Sustainable small-scale fisheries can help people and the planet
Artisanal fishing can improve livelihoods, boost nutrition and strengthen food systems, but fishers’ input is needed at local, national and global levels.
- Sheryl L. Hendriks
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News |
African researchers lead campaign for equity in global collaborations
Cape Town statement on research partnerships between the global north and south will highlight unethical practices and offer advice to scientists.
- Holly Else
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Career Q&A |
Carving a path for Pakistani children to pursue science careers
Lalah Rukh talks about the joys — and challenges — of nurturing young learners’ passion for science subjects.
- Abdullahi Tsanni
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Correspondence |
Regional genomic surveillance networks needed in global south
- Ramy K. Aziz
- , Basant Giri
- & Partha P. Majumder
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Correspondence |
Africa needs more bioinformaticians for population studies
- Ashraf Akintayo Akintola
- , Ui Wook Hwang
- & Abdullahi Tunde Aborode
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Article
| Open AccessTackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty
Psychosocial measures improve the cost-effectiveness of multi-faceted interventions against extreme poverty.
- Thomas Bossuroy
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Comment |
Act now before Ukraine war plunges millions into malnutrition
Governments, donors and others must step up to protect current and future generations from the devastating effects of malnutrition, as well as to prevent acute food insecurity.
- Saskia Osendarp
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- & Marie T. Ruel
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Editorial |
Global science must stand up for Iran’s imprisoned scholars
Iranian researchers are at risk as never before. Governments are urging quiet diplomacy. But a new book shows why public campaigns matter.