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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 • Dec 19, 2019 • 12 min read

Opioid epidemic Southeast Asia’s looming fentanyl crisis

By Samantha McCabe • Dec 19, 2019
Last week, Southeast Asia Globe uncovered the presence of fentanyl in at least one batch of street drugs in Bangkok – potentially the first discovery of its kind in Thailand. With the potent opioid destroying communities across North America, advocates and people who use drugs worry of the potentially devastating effect of fentanyl infiltrating Southeast Asia

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 18, 2019 • 10 min read
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Farming and food Hungry for change

By Simon Roughneen • Dec 18, 2019
In the third installment of our eight-week series looking at Cambodia in 2040, we examine how the next two decades will see the Kingdom's food production and farming face a mix of challenges posed by technology, drought and trade. How will a country so reliant on its agricultural sector manage to adapt and survive?

Health • Dec 09, 2019 • 11 min read
Landmines in Myanmar

Explosive evidence

For the second year in a row, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines has found that Myanmar is the only country in the world where the government is still using landmines. As the devices wreak havoc on communities nationwide, why is international funding to de-mine the country dropping?
By Samantha McCabe • Dec 09, 2019

Health • Nov 20, 2019 • 7 min read
Drugs in Cambodia

Second chances

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
By Thim Rachna • Nov 20, 2019

Health • Nov 06, 2019 • 15 min read
Cambodia's healthcare

Health, wealth and happiness

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

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 • Nov 05, 2019

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 • Oct 18, 2019

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 • Sep 12, 2019

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 • Sep 06, 2019

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 • Aug 23, 2019