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How to: Map sexual networks
30 November 2012
(IRIN
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With whom did you last have sex? When? Where? How? At crowded food stalls and in dimly lit bars, Kelvin Parker carries out what HIV researchers call “sexual networking mapping”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96941/How-to-Map-sexual-networks
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In Brief: Southeast Asia wasting too much food
9 October 2012
(IRIN
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Food losses in Asia due to disasters or poor storage, packing and delivery are set to worsen, and governments are ill-prepared to stem the wastage, according experts recently convened by the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies in Singapore.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96485/In-Brief-Southeast-Asia-wasting-too-much-food
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Tackling the information void
9 October 2012
(IRIN
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Services to inform communities about the climate are available in higher-income countries, but are not reaching the people most in need of them in developing countries due to lack of government investment and a disconnect between experts and communities facing extreme weather.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96493/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Tackling-the-information-void
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LAOS: Insect farms run into trouble
3 October 2012
(IRIN
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Promoting consumption of edible insects in Laos may help boost protein-anaemic diets, say health experts trying to create regional health standards for insect production, harvesting and consumption.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96438/LAOS-Insect-farms-run-into-trouble
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HEALTH: Asia fails to take up rotavirus vaccine
7 September 2012
(IRIN
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Most countries in Asia have yet to make the rotavirus vaccine part of their national immunization programme (NIP), despite a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to do so.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96259/HEALTH-Asia-fails-to-take-up-rotavirus-vaccine
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HEALTH: “Gene chip technology” deployed in fight against malaria
29 August 2012
(IRIN
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Scientists in the USA are looking to use “gene chip technology” to reduce or contain drug resistance to malaria, an increasing problem globally but particularly in Southeast Asia.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96197/HEALTH-Gene-chip-technology-deployed-in-fight-against-malaria
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LAOS: Diversifying crops to cope with climate change
13 August 2012
(IRIN
),
Lemons and sweet bamboo may not be associated with frontline efforts to adapt to climate change in most parts of the world, but in Kioutaloun village in northern Laos, rice farmers hit by landslides, land erosion and severe flooding are looking to different crops.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96088/LAOS-Diversifying-crops-to-cope-with-climate-change
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LAOS: Household air pollution fuels pneumonia
26 June 2012
(IRIN
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More than 95 percent of the Lao population use solid fuels for cooking, but the smoke produced by burning them contributes to the high number of child deaths from pneumonia, particularly among the poorest families, say health experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95730/LAOS-Household-air-pollution-fuels-pneumonia
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LAOS: Aiming to leave least developed country list
17 May 2012
(IRIN
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The government of Laos has taken the unique step of stating its ambition to graduate from the UN list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) by 2020.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95470/LAOS-Aiming-to-leave-least-developed-country-list
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ASIA: Containing anti-malarial drug resistance in Mekong
26 April 2012
(IRIN
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Resistance to an anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, is suspected along the Thailand-Myanmar border and in southern Vietnam, but scientists are hoping that it can be contained. Artemisinin resistance emerged on the Thailand-Cambodia border around eight years ago.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95358/ASIA-Containing-anti-malarial-drug-resistance-in-Mekong
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LAOS: Communal land titles could save more than forests
16 April 2012
(IRIN
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With pressure on natural resources increasing in Laos, the first community land titles granted to five villages in Vientiane Province could provide a national model for environmental protection while safeguarding the livelihoods of villagers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95295/LAOS-Communal-land-titles-could-save-more-than-forests
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AID POLICY: Will pressure make Chinese aid more transparent?
26 March 2012
(IRIN
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Critics have long characterized China as a secretive donor in economically poor but resource-rich countries, funding infrastructure construction in an unspoken bid for business deals and access to natural wealth and land. While China disburses aid with a scant paper trail, analysts say strong-arming its government to boost transparency - and aid efficacy - may hurt countries in need.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95158/AID-POLICY-Will-pressure-make-Chinese-aid-more-transparent
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ASIA: Isolation, poverty loom for an aging population
14 February 2012
(IRIN
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With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94856/ASIA-Isolation-poverty-loom-for-an-aging-population
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ASIA: Indigenous groups - stateless and sick
9 February 2012
(IRIN
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The health of millions of indigenous people across Asia is at risk, experts say, as lack of recognition of their legal status hinders data collection, making their medical problems invisible in most national health surveys.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94816/ASIA-Indigenous-groups-stateless-and-sick
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ASIA: Breaking down legal barriers to HIV information access
9 February 2012
(IRIN
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While a number of Asian and Pacific countries are addressing legal barriers to accessing HIV information and treatment, there is still a gap between policy and implementation, say officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94817/ASIA-Breaking-down-legal-barriers-to-HIV-information-access
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LAOS: Looming threat of "catching up" on HIV prevalence
2 December 2011
(IRIN
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Kinoy Phongdeth, 34, was one of the first four people given antiretrovirals (ARVs) when the medication initially arrived in Laos in 2003. Now, there are 1,600 people on treatment and the number is expected to jump to 7,000 by 2015, according to the government.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94374/LAOS-Looming-threat-of-catching-up-on-HIV-prevalence
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ASIA: Boosting cities' food resilience
18 November 2011
(IRIN
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From rooftops to railroad tracks, Asia's largest cities will need to maximize every bit of space to feed one of the world's fastest-growing populations, said experts at a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) workshop in Bangkok on resilient food systems in Asia.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94233/ASIA-Boosting-cities-food-resilience
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LAOS: Bridging culture to promote maternal health
16 November 2011
(IRIN
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In 2010, for the first time in more than 20 years, 140 midwives graduated in Laos but specialists say their skills may go untapped because the country's women are not used to visiting health workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94213/LAOS-Bridging-culture-to-promote-maternal-health
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LAOS: Magdalen Muraa, "I started asking myself, 'Why did I come here?'"
16 November 2011
(IRIN
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The Laos government is tackling its notoriously low maternal and child health indicators with a massive midwife training campaign.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/94215/LAOS-Magdalen-Muraa-I-started-asking-myself-Why-did-I-come-here
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LAOS: Poor farmers need alternatives to opium
2 November 2011
(IRIN
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Training in how to prune peach trees may not be at the top of most drug and crime interventions, but perhaps they should be when it comes to opium, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94121/LAOS-Poor-farmers-need-alternatives-to-opium
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