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Poverty Reduction
Zika virus

Virus shines light on structural problems

Zika proves that Brazil needs better sanitation and health services

Food security

Better figures

Global Hunger Index 2016 reckons that things have improved – but almost 800 million people still suffer hunger

Neglected disease

Life-saving rubber boots

Thailand’s third most deadly disease is melioidosis

Comment

Conservative innovators

To innovate more, smallholder farmers need better financial services and competent advice

Medical research

Diseases of the poor

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide

Health

Global health challenge

Experts want poor people in tropical countries to benefit from advances in medical technology

Pandemic threat

The global threat of dengue

390 million people in more than 120 countries were infected with dengue in 2014

Migration

The stigma of failure

Failing to get to Europe, Ghanaian migrants return home

Dengue

At least 900 dead in 2015

Indonesia is striving to get a grip on dengue

Urban development

A fast growing city

Brief overview: Mangaluru

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