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Analysis: Southeast Asia’s human trafficking conundrum
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97979/Analysis-Southeast-Asia-s-human-trafficking-conundrum
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Asia braces for spill-over of new bird flu strain
8 April 2013
(IRIN
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Officials throughout Asia are implementing measures to protect people from a new strain of bird flu - H7N9 - that has so far infected 24 people in China, killing seven.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97806/Asia-braces-for-spill-over-of-new-bird-flu-strain
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Games, cartoons boost youth disaster preparation
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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NGOs and UN agencies warn that natural disasters disproportionately affect youths and that more creative use of media is needed to help brace them for natural calamities.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97558/Games-cartoons-boost-youth-disaster-preparation
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Vietnam’s Buddhist response to disaster
16 January 2013
(IRIN
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Buddhist monks, nuns and their followers have long contributed to Vietnam’s disaster relief efforts. Sometimes equipped with canoes filled with instant noodles, woollen hats and psychosocial counsellors, this local cadre may lack standard operating procedures, but it constitutes a largely undocumented and significant disaster relief system running parallel to governmental efforts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97256/Vietnam-s-Buddhist-response-to-disaster
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Briefing: Vietnam’s move away from detaining sex workers
20 December 2012
(IRIN
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Sex workers in Vietnam are struggling to figure out their next steps after the government’s decision earlier this year to release them from compulsory detention centres that have been widely condemned for alleged human rights abuses.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97087/Briefing-Vietnam-s-move-away-from-detaining-sex-workers
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DISASTERS: Asia’s 2012 figures and trends
11 December 2012
(IRIN
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The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. The bad news: between January and October, natural disasters still claimed more lives here than anywhere else in the world - and experts predict the trend will continue as populations and industries expand in a region that already houses the world’s largest number of urban residents.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97021/DISASTERS-Asia-s-2012-figures-and-trends
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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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Analysis: Vietnam’s tale of two helmets
22 November 2012
(IRIN
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Vietnam, where more than nine out of 10 registered vehicles are motorcycles and each household typically owns two, is grappling with how to boost road safety. Each year close to 15,000 people (out of a population of 86 million) die in traffic-related accidents, mostly motorbikes.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96848/Analysis-Vietnam-s-tale-of-two-helmets
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Analysis: Salt of life dries up in Vietnam
9 November 2012
(IRIN
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Your LCD TV screen was made with it; your brain does not function well without it. Meet iodine, a multifunctional chemical element found in soil and seawater that when mixed with table salt, is the most effective way to thwart preventable brain damage.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96740/Analysis-Salt-of-life-dries-up-in-Vietnam
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In Brief: Malaria summit opens in Sydney
31 October 2012
(IRIN
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More than 200 health experts have gathered in Sydney for a three-day conference to bolster political commitment to tackle the spread of malaria.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96668/In-Brief-Malaria-summit-opens-in-Sydney
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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: Human Rights Watch’s Jan Egeland calls for faster progress
9 October 2012
(IRIN
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On the sidelines of a recent presentation he made in Bangkok on disaster prevention and preparedness, IRIN spoke to Jan Egeland, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, about progress on the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96495/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Human-Rights-Watch-s-Jan-Egeland-calls-for-faster-progress
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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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VIETNAM: Migrants and malaria
28 September 2012
(IRIN
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Lack of funding to monitor migrant patterns in Vietnam risks worsening the spread of drug-resistant malaria, health experts said on the sidelines of a World Health Organization (WHO) annual regional meeting in Hanoi, which closed on 28 September.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96417/VIETNAM-Migrants-and-malaria
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FOOD: Grafting hardier, more nutritious vegetables
19 September 2012
(IRIN
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Disease and climate-resilient vegetables can be cultivated by grafting parts of one vegetable to another, producing a hardy plant that withstands soil-borne diseases and harsh weather, and which can improve nutrient-anaemic diets, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96344/FOOD-Grafting-hardier-more-nutritious-vegetables
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ASIA: More work needed to tackle stunting
18 September 2012
(IRIN
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Stunting is a key factor holding back progress on children’s well-being, and Asia faces a significant challenge with millions of children under five stunted, says the 2012 Child Development Index (CDI) published by NGO Save the Children.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96328/ASIA-More-work-needed-to-tackle-stunting
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VIETNAM: Farmers brace for bird flu
16 August 2012
(IRIN
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Farmers in north and central Vietnam are bracing for a new wave of bird flu outbreaks as local authorities are urged to take precautions against the disease.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96111/VIETNAM-Farmers-brace-for-bird-flu
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VIETNAM: Seeking a regional alternative to Plumpy’Nut
27 June 2012
(IRIN
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The National Institute for Nutrition in Vietnam is hoping a new locally produced food to treat malnutrition will offer a regional alternative to the peanut-paste treatment known as Plumpy’Nut that is widely used in sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95739/VIETNAM-Seeking-a-regional-alternative-to-Plumpy-Nut
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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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VIETNAM: Mild disease turns deadly for children
5 April 2012
(IRIN
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A dangerous strain of the typically non-lethal hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) has affected more than 21,000 persons - mostly children younger than five - killing 16 thus far in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Health.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95244/VIETNAM-Mild-disease-turns-deadly-for-children
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