Laos News News Laos » Health: Mosquito Lamps on a Railway: How Health Diplomacy Gets Done on the Ground
A new commentary in Public Health Reviews shows how dengue prevention along the China–Laos Railway and a rapid flood response in northern Laos reveal the practical, ground-level diplomacy that turns g ...
News Laos » Health: Laos Ministry of Health
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News Laos » Health: Lao government, partners unite to strengthen maternal, child health services
VIENTIANE: The Lao government and development partners have launched a new phase of a joint programme aimed at strengthening reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services ...
News Laos » Health: Post-Covid-19 Economic and Health Recovery in Laos
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted people’s livelihoods and tested healthcare systems around the world, and Laos is no exception. Its economy was hit particularly hard given its reliance on tourism, ...
News Laos » Health: Laos aims to boost border health services amid growing labour migration
VIENTIANE: Laos is strengthening healthcare services for migrant workers as the country's location and connections with neighbouring countries have contributed to increasing population movement and ...
News Laos » Health: Timor-Leste and Lao PDR discuss performance-based health financing
As countries grapple with limited resources and fiscal space to develop their health systems, performance-based financing is a strategy that can effectively tailor health and nutrition service ...
News Laos » Health: Rice-based nutrition powering Laos’ health transformation
Stunting is defined by UNICEF as ‘the failure to grow both physically and cognitively and is the result of chronic or recurrent malnutrition.” Laos has one of the highest prevalences of stunting in ...
News Laos » Health: Health Taxes in the Lao PDR - Technical Note
In Laos, tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages lead to significant disease, death and economic loss. Health taxes are currently weak in Laos - they do not generate large revenue, do not deter ...