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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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