Feeding Cambodia’s hungry children amid COVID-19 and saving the environment too ( video & gallery)
Although Cambodia has escaped largely unscathed from the medical effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic…
Better governance needed for Indonesia’s COVID-19 job stimulus programme
COVID-19 is a wake-up call for the world. The pandemic has brought some of the…
Cambodia’s silent wildlife slaughter for bushmeat risks zoonotic crossovers (video)
A recent World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Nature Cambodia report has documented the alarming rate…
Well-designed policy can avert regional rise in income inequality
A public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic destroys economic growth and pushes millions into…
Move over SARS-CoV-2, dengue’s back and it’s not waiting for you
The onset of the Asean wet season has seen the return of one of the…
Economic fallout to challenge Cambodia’s COVID-19 success
Unlike Europe, North America and recently Brazil, Mexico, and India, Southeast Asia does not seem…
Trial finds experimental chikungunya vaccine CHIKV VLP is safe
A Phase 2 trial by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of…
Asean members lead the world in COVID-19 pandemic suppression
As citizens and public health professionals globally increasingly raise concern over the rapidly rising number…
COVID-19 travel: Korean Air Cambodia to LAX via Seoul; what to expect (video)
As some governments across the globe gingerly reopen air routes in an attempt to reignite…
PPE tariff reform key to battling COVID-19 in Asean
The Special Asean Summit (SAS) on April 14 emphasised the need for a collective response…
Scepticism, trust, and the problem with Singapore’s TraceTogether COVID-19 app (video)
The Singapore government won international acclaim for its deft handling of the COVID-19 crisis in…
No handwashing for 1 in 5 Indonesians as COVID-19 runs wild
Indonesia is at a critical juncture on how it protects and responds to the needs…
Double whammy: Indonesia DHF cases rise amid COVID-19 pandemic
As Indonesia medical personnel grapple with a galloping COVID-19 outbreak a familiar harbourer of death…
Communications and transparency key to Indonesia’s COVID-19 response
In mid-February, Indonesia’s Health Minister, Terawan Agus Putranto pointed to divine intervention when explaining that…
Asia-Pacific response to COVID-19 needs social inclusion and environmental sustainability (video)
The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID -19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact…
Asean governments jump on dodgy COVID-19 instant test kits (video)
Governments across Asean have raised alarm over the sudden emergence of unregistered COVID-19 instant test…