Health

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 12, 2020 • 4 min read

Disease control A virus grows

By Andrew Haffner and Samantha McCabe • Feb 12, 2020
The coronavirus at the heart of the global outbreak now has a name: COVID-19. Here's what we know about the virus that has infectd more than 44,650 people in China and beyond.

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 28, 2020 • 11 min read

Mental health ‘Behind the times’

By Foong Li Mei • Jan 28, 2020
Top Read from 2018 print archive: Malaysia is grappling with mental healthcare. Affordable and effective treatment exists but is out of reach to many, thanks to a confounding and constricting system

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 20, 2019 • 7 min read
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Drugs in Cambodia Second chances

By Thim Rachna • Nov 20, 2019
A deluge of cheap pills from the nearby Golden Triangle means many young Cambodians are vulnerable to getting hooked on drugs. But community-based organisations could hold the key to pushing back against addiction

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 06, 2019 • 15 min read

Cambodia's healthcare Health, wealth and happiness

By Andrew Haffner • Nov 06, 2019
With the help of foreign donors, Cambodia has taken steps toward universal health coverage. Those in the system say it’s still not enough

Health • Nov 05, 2019 • 9 min read
Ageing in Asia

Singing sad songs

From our print archive. Ten years ago, we looked at a number of initiatives in the northern Thai town of Chiang Mai that were helping people cope with the poverty and loneliness of age
By Tiep Seiha

Health • Oct 18, 2019 • 15 min read
Meth addiction

Pipe dreams

A Chinese-funded property boom in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville is casting the city’s meth addicts to the margins
By Andrew Haffner

Health • Sep 12, 2019 • 14 min read
Counterfeit goods

Bad medicine

Fake medicine remains a scourge in Southeast Asia despite years of widespread coverage of the issue and promised government crackdowns
By Andrew Haffner

Health • Sep 06, 2019 • 14 min read
Agent Orange

Agents of death

Almost five decades since the US sprayed Agent Orange on Vietnam, lives are still being ruined by the herbicide – and German company Bayer, which acquired original manufacturer Monsanto, may now be forced to pay its own price for reckless herbicide use
By James Springer

Health • Aug 23, 2019 • 15 min read
Agriculture

Death in a bottle

Illegally imported pesticides can be fatal for farmers in Cambodia and across the region. And without proper training and protection, these toxins may continue to work their way into the food we eat every day
By Andrew Haffner

Health • Jul 29, 2019 • 7 min read
Mental illness

Walking above the Earth

As in many emerging societies, being mentally ill in Cambodia has often meant a life of rejection, isolation and gruelling psychological decline
By Stefan V. Jensen

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Health • Jul 23, 2019 • 13 min read
HIV-AIDS

Going viral

HIV remains a serious problem in Indonesia. And as the government's anti-LGBT crackdown drives more and more people in search of answers, misinformation about the disease can prove fatal
By Evie Breese

Health • Jul 22, 2019 • 12 min read
HIV-AIDS

My body, this temple

From our print archive: A hospice for dying HIV-AIDS patients has found a unique way to raise funds by turning their anguish into a tourist attraction
By Andrew MacGregor Marshall