The Council of Science Editors has organized journals around the globe to participate in its 2007 Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development. Hundreds of journals are publishing articles related to the scientific and medical issues that surround this theme. The Nature journals are pleased to contribute the content highlighted on this page, all of which is free. We have also created a supporting archive comprising previously published content from the Nature Publishing Group that is relevant to this theme.

• Nature

  • Editorial: The war on want
    doi:10.1038/449947a
    
  • News feature: Children of the revolution
    Daemon Fairless
    doi:10.1038/449964a
    
  • News feature: Mine games
    Rex Dalton
    doi:10.1038/449968a
    
  • News: Field trials aim to tackle poverty
    Declan Butler
    doi:10.1038/449957a
    

• Nature Chemical Biology

  • Elements: Sustainable Sciences Institute
    Joanne Kotz
    doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.500

• Nature Genetics

  • Editorial: Developing genetics for developing countries
    doi:10.1038/ng.2007.500
  • Commentary: Islamic ethical framework for research into and prevention of genetic diseases
    Aida I Al Aqeel
    doi:10.1038/ng.2007.14

• Nature Immunology

  • Commentary: Global health: a threat and an opportunity for collaborative clinical science
    Jeremy Farrar
    doi:10.1038/ni1532
  • Commentary: Science, medicine and research in the developing world - a perspective
    Frances Gotch and Jill Gilmour
    doi:10.1038/ni1531

• Nature Materials

  • Editorial: A penny for your thoughts
    doi:10.1038/nmat2047
  • Commentary: Advancing science in Africa
    Jeroen van den Brink and Izak Snyman
    doi:10.1038/nmat2035

• Nature Methods

  • Editorial: Neglected diagnostics
    doi:10.1038/nmeth1120
  • Commentary: Research in situ
    Robert M. Grant
    doi:10.1038/nmeth1119

• Nature Nanotechnology

  • Editorial: Tackling global poverty
    doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.349
  • Commentary: Nanotechnology and the challenge of clean water
    Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe
    doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.350
  • Thesis: Are natural resources a curse?
    Richard Jones
    doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.351

• Nature Physics

  • Editorial: Future returns
    doi:10.1038/nphys760
  • Commentary: Physics for development
    Nithaya Chetty, Simon Connell & Ahmed C. Bawa
    doi:10.1038/nphys773

• Nature Reviews Microbiology

  • Foreword: Evaluating diagnostics: visceral leishmaniasis
    Robert G. Ridley
    doi:10.1038/nrmicro1765
  • Review: A guide for diagnostic evaluations
    Rosanna W. Peeling, Peter G. Smith & Patrick M. M. Bossuyt
    doi:10.1038/nrmicro1522
  • Review: Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control?
    François Chappuis, Shyam Sundar, Asrat Hailu, Hashim Ghalib, Suman Rijal, Rosanna W. Peeling, Jorge Alvar & Marleen Boelaert
    doi:10.1038/nrmicro1748
  • Guidelines: Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles
    Shabir Banoo, David Bell, Patrick Bossuyt, Alan Herring, David Mabey, Freddie Poole, Peter G Smith, N. Sriram, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Ralf Linke, Rick O'Brien, Mark Perkins, Jane Cunningham, Precious Matsoso, Carl Michael Nathanson, Piero Olliaro, Rosanna W. Peeling & Andy Ramsay
    doi:10.1038/nrmicro1523
  • Guidelines: Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: visceral leishmaniasis
    Marleen Boelaert, Sujit Bhattacharya, François Chappuis, Sayda H. El Safi, Asrat Hailu, Dinesh Mondal, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Monique Wasunna & Rosanna W. Peeling
    doi:10.1038/nrmicro1766

• Nature Reports Climate Change

  • Editorial: A push for political will
    doi:10.1038/climate.2007.60

• Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

  • Commentary: The essential medicines list for a global patient population
    J. Robertson and S. R. Hill
    doi:10.1038/sj.clpt.6100392
  • Macroscopy: A vision of individualized medicine in the context of global health
    D. A. Cortese
    doi:10.1038/sj.clpt.6100390