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LINES OF THOUGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA

Health

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • May 28, 2018 • 7 min read

therapy cats Providing comfort and companionship

By Kirsten Han • May 28, 2018
Singapore's feline therapists are providing comfort in a nation slow to grasp the need for mental healthcare

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • May 21, 2018 • 7 min read

Healthcare Race to combat growing cancer crisis

By Cristyn Lloyd • May 21, 2018
Cancer claimed an estimated 1.2 million lives in Southeast Asia in 2012, making it the region's number one killer. And rates are predicted to skyrocket 40% by 2030. Governments are finally addressing this ongoing crisis, forcing medical professionals to play catchup in building quality cancer care systems

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • May 15, 2018 • 6 min read

Obesity A Southeast Asian epidemic

By Janelle Retka • May 15, 2018
Malnutrition is leaving Southeast Asia’s children predisposed to obesity and fatal diseases. With the rise of processed foods and less active lifestyles, these health impacts are only going to get worse unless children become the focal point of change

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 31, 2017 • 2 min read

Bugs to Pasta The cricket pasta that can help feed the world

By Colin Meyn • Oct 31, 2017
Chomping on crickets is nothing new in Southeast Asia, but a global market for critter-based foods could turn edible insects into a major industry

Health • May 15, 2017 • 9 min read

Private firms fill the healthcare void amid rapid growth in Southeast Asia

In the region’s poorest countries, the private sector, from state-of-the-art hospitals to bare bones paramedic outfits, is stepping in as an alternative to woeful public emergency services
By Holly Robertson

Health • Mar 15, 2017 • 6 min read

Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s ‘HIV village’

In 2014, an unlicensed medic infected almost 300 people with HIV in Roka village, where the residents are still picking up the pieces
By Paul Millar

Health • Jan 09, 2017 • 10 min read

The ugly face of the beauty industry

Despite the grave dangers associated with cosmetic procedures in Cambodia, the beauty business in Phnom Penh is booming
By Sam Bradpiece

Health • Nov 16, 2016 • 8 min read

Milk

A dairy love affair

Thanks to rapid urbanisation and rising incomes, Southeast Asia is consuming dairy products at one of the fastest-growing rates in the world
By Euan Black

Health • Oct 28, 2016 • 10 min read

Spirulina

The food of the future grows on a Bangkok rooftop

Are Bangkok’s fledgling rooftop farms a hidden goldmine for hotels and hospitality businesses? Meet the hoteliers and entrepreneurs proving that environment-focused partnerships are the best marketing tool a business can have
By Claire Knox

Health • Oct 19, 2016 • 8 min read

Vietnam

Helping the blind to ‘see’

Nguyen Ba Hai has developed haptic technology that helps the blind and visually impaired navigate the world around them
By Lorcan Lovett

Health • Oct 13, 2016 • 5 min read

Monsanto on trial

Makers of Agent Orange to be tried for ‘war crimes’ by a people’s tribunal

Five decades after being commissioned to produce Agent Orange, which the US military dropped on Vietnam with devastating effects, a people’s tribunal is putting Monsanto ‘on trial’ for war crimes
By Euan Black

Health • Aug 17, 2016 • 6 min read

Fight against Cancer

A Malaysian alternative

Malaysian scientist Chern Ein Oon has been lauded for her cancer research seeking an alternative to chemotherapy. She discusses her work, societal expectations and the difficulties women face in her field
By David Hutt

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