Peripheral areas need more incentives for science

The Amazon responds for 99.6% of the country's malaria cases. However, the North needs financial support to conduct researches on the theme

Tropical diseases, as malaria, are among the diseases that do not spark the interest of the large pharmaceutical companies for drug and vaccine production. But the priority differentiation also affects the scientific communities, including those in Brazil. According to Dr. Thor Dantas, PhD in Tropical Medicine from the Brasilia University, the states that need more investments in science are those in the epicenter of the problem.

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Global actions seek to decrease household polution problems

Tropical countries are those who more use solid fuels. According to the WHO, if no substantial changes in the world policy on the theme is made, the situation should remain unchanged in 2030

Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reseased this year show that 4.3 million people - mostly poor and dependent of solid fuels to cook and heat - died in 2012 due to household polution. Trying to change this scenario, several actions are being applied all over the world. The use of firewood and inefficient ovens produce a large amount of health-harming pollutants, including small soot particles that penetrate the lungs. The exposition is especially high...

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