Experts in the dark

CHINA

Roche relents

The patent holder of bird flu drug agrees to talk on generics

A patent row

Can the public sector take responsibility to develop drugs for neglected diseases?

Health monitor

The government clears a new policy to monitor epidemics and reduce disaster impacts

Monsoon deaths

Embracing disease

The Jarawas of Andaman Islands are dying from a number of diseases

MALAYSIA

A burning problem

The foot-and-mouth scare assumes alarming proportions in the UK

UNITED NATIONS

RISKY IMPORT

Spreading the word

High toll

Mystery fever hits Arunachal

Double spread

Waste worry

Kerala is finding it difficult to dispose its waste

EPIDEMIC IN NEPAL

Blame it on superstitions

Panic in London

Stop blaming the rain

Drought helps mosquitoes to grow abundantly

Flu outbreak

Lake Manchar is dead

Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

Epidemic strikes Karachi

Contamination of drinking water by sewage

In short

UGANDA

Tanzania