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Millennium Development Goals: 2015 Progress Chart
This chart presents the final assessment of progress towards selected key targets relating to each goal. The assessment provides two types of information: progress trends and...
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Cluster of HIV infections attributed to unsafe injection practices — Cambodia, December 1, 2014–February 28, 2015
In December 2014, local health authorities in Battambang province in northwest Cambodia reported 30 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a rural commune...
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Cambodia, women and work in the garment industry
Women in Cambodia and elsewhere in Asia are a dynamic but often underrated economic force. Recent gains have included the narrowing of income gaps between women and men and...
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The experience and the meaning of hypoglycemia to Cambodian diabetes patients: A qualitative study conducted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This study examines the experience and the meaning of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) to Cambodian diabetes patients in cooperation with a local NGO—MoPoTsyo— which provided...
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A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar
A report by Medecins Sans Frontieres documenting the dire lack of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Myanmar. The authors argue the situation for many people living with HIV in...
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Provider performance in treating poor patients, factors influencing prescribing practices in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study
A study examining the appropriateness and expenditure for treatment for poor patients by hospitals in three provinces of Laos. The authors conducted structured interviews with...
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Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand
The report of a project to collect ethnomedicinal data, medicinal plant tastes and relevant information from experienced Thailand’s traditional healers before they are lost....