Laos News News Laos » Health: Health officials praise Laos after coronavirus-free declaration
BANGKOK (Reuters) – International health organizations on Thursday praised Laos’ early response and countrywide networks for containing the novel coronavirus after the Southeast Asian nation declared ...
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 Ministry of Health
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News Laos » Health: Laos gives unlicensed beauty clinics until November to obtain permits amid weak oversight concerns
VIENTIANE: The Ministry of Health has ordered unlicensed medical and beauty facilities across Laos to obtain official permits by 30 November, but the directive has raised questions over its delayed ...
News Laos » Health: Laos commemorates more than 60 years of progress in health sector
VIENTIANE: Laos' Ministry of Health held a ceremony marking the 61st anniversary of Lao Medical Day, which falls on June 18, commemorating more than six decades of development in the country's health ...
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: Opportunities for U.S. Development Cooperation in Laos
Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country, nestled between China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Burma). Over the past 30 years, it has experienced one of the highest economic ...
News Laos » Health: COVID Numbers Climb in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, With Some in Laos Fearing Vaccination
Many in Laos are reluctant to take the vaccine, fearing harm to their health, after a 70-year-old woman dies on May 10 two days after taking the shot. Cases of COVID-19 infection continued to climb in ...
News Laos » Health: USACE partners to battle malnutrition in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (Nov. 14, 2019) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed phase one and two construction of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), officially turning over major ...
News Laos » Health: POWERCHINA Strengthens Healthcare Infrastructure Worldwide in Celebration of World Health Day 2025
BEIJING, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of World Health Day 2025, Power Construction Corporation of China ("POWERCHINA" or "the Company") is celebrating the recent construction and ...