Anaesthesia is in crisis in the developing world because of lack of investment in trained personnel, drugs and equipment, according to His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Patron of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Venezuela's leftist government is leading Brazil, Argentina and other regional economies in creating a new bank with the ambition of casting off unwelcome oversight by the IMF and World Bank.

Only a few years ago cancer was considered to be a disease of westernised, developed countries, but now the burden is increasingly falling on less developed countries, a leading epidemiologist told ECCO 14, the European Cancer Conference, today (Monday 24 September).

Retrieving material for composting from open dumps across the developing world could reduce the environmental impact of growing mountains of waste, according to researchers in India, writing today in the Inderscience publication, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management.

New center to provide fellowships for aspiring entrepreneurs from the developing world

Millions of people could be put at risk because progress in getting the best medicines to the developing world is not being matched by an appropriate monitoring programme say the writers of an editorial in today’s BMJ.

What do a pedal-powered grain mill, a Guatemalan bicycle mechanic, and MIT students have in common?