Lao healthcare gets $30 mln boost from ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$30 million grant to the Lao government…
Measles Makes a Comeback as Philippine Vaccination Rates Plummet
Concerns by Philippine health and science professionals that the disastrous Dengvaxia mass dengue inoculation programme…
Dengue Vaccination Fiasco a Setback for Public Health Programmes (video)
As Philippine scientists and politicians fight over the failure of Asia’s first mass dengue vaccination…
On Cue Thailand Gets a Champion: Pop Star Bodyslams Junta Chief
Throughout history as societies have gone through tough or depressing times a champion has…
Silent Killer: Forget Cigarettes – Light up a Mosquito Coil Instead
The recent controversy generated by the Dengvaxia vaccine scandal in the Philippines will see many…
Hun Sen’s New Year Gift: Universal Healthcare For All Cambodia Employees
While Cambodia-focused media and human rightists have been focusing on the country’s slide from democracy…
Call For Medical Travel Warning After Malaysia Cosmetic Surgery Death *Updated
An Australian coroner has called on Victoria’s Chief Health Officer to issue a health advisory…
NUS Study: Cambodia Deforestation Increases Child Health Issues
A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that the…
Singapore Intensifies War on Diabetes With Government-Industry Partnership Scheme
Singapore’s Minister of State for Health, Chee Hong Tat, has announced a Government-Industry Partnership scheme as…
World’s Best: Malaysia Medical Tourism Sector to Experience Extraordinary Growth
A new report forecasts the Malaysia medical tourism market to grow at a compounding annual…
Indonesian scientist: Palm oil cancer risk doesn’t warrant ban
An Indonesian food technologist admits that palm oil – which is widely used in the…
Corporations Dig Deep For Philippine Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Some of the Philippines’ largest corporations are digging deep into their corporate social responsibility (CSR)…
Aussie Nurse’s Cambodia Arrest Focuses Spotlight on Surrogacy, Australian Passport Integrity
The arrest of Australian nurse Tammy Davis-Charles two weeks ago on human trafficking related charges…
Drugs: Thailand’s Reform Plans Trump Philippines Slaughter
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s hard-line war on drugs is grabbing headlines all over the world,…
Sunrise Japan Hospital Boosts Cambodia Healthcare Sector
Cambodia’s under-resourced healthcare sector will shortly receive a much needed boost with the opening in Phnom…
New Study Finds Asian Zika Virus Has Potential to Damage Adult Brains Also (Updated)
As the Zika virus continues to expand through the Asean Community (AC) a new study…