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By Leong Hoe Nam and Harjit Gill • Oct 19, 2021
The fight against Covid-19 requires multiple tools applied by researchers and governments. Testing for blood antibodies plays a critical role in the management of the virus and infectious diseases
By Hartini Zainuddin • Oct 11, 2021
Ensuring maternal and child health in Southeast Asia requires a renewed focus on ending hunger and boosting nutrition
By Stéphane Vidry and Boon Yee Yeong • Oct 08, 2021
Ensuring maternal and child health in Southeast Asia requires a renewed focus on ending hunger and boosting nutrition
By Andreas Jorgensen • Sep 25, 2021
Covid-19 has contributed to demographic problems in the ageing nations of the region, requiring a response including more education and access to healthcare for women
Binh Duong has been hard hit by the virus. Many migrant workers find themselves struggling to survive in Vietnam’s latest outbreak of Covid-19
By Govi Snell • Sep 22, 2021
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 07, 2021
The Philippines to lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant and revive the economy
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 06, 2021
With lockdown restrictions getting tighter, bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs are some of the everyday objects forming makeshift barricades on Hanoi's streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 02, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City's traditional taxi firms have taken a hit with intense competition from Grab in recent years. But with ride-hailing apps suspended amid a spiralling Covid outbreak, a return of business for drivers comes with risks as they become front line workers
By Madeleine List • Aug 30, 2021
Decades of conflict, racism and human rights abuses are fuelling Covid conspiracy theories in Papua at a time when their breakaway region is facing a renewed threat from the pandemic
By Andrea Christiani and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 26, 2021
Thailand decriminalised kratom, a tropical leaf long used for herbal remedy, but some health regulators around the world have criticised it as potentially unsafe
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 24, 2021
Malaysian contract doctors have experienced financial instability and burnout since 2016. Now, with life on the frontlines of the country’s escalating Covid-19 outbreak pushing many to the brink, they are pushing for unionisation through the Hartal Strike
By Kymberley Chu • Aug 23, 2021