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By Horn Chanvoitey • Apr 07, 2020
As Covid-19 cases rise, healthcare systems in the most developed nations have struggled to cope. Horn Chanvoitey of Future Forum warns that Cambodia's chronically underfunded healthcare system will also be overwhelmed if an outbreak occurs
By World Food Programme • Apr 03, 2020
WFP cash assistance in the Philippines helps communities prepare better and recover quicker
By Alastair McCready • Apr 02, 2020
It's a debate that has raged ever since Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic – are face masks effective in preventing transmission or do they create more health risks than they solve?
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Apr 02, 2020
In Phnom Penh, US researchers have teamed up with the Pasteur Institute to conduct vital work tracking the spread and mutation of Covid-19. Their research has placed Cambodia at the heart of Southeast Asia's efforts to stem the spread of the disease and find a cure
Jan Egeland has been Secretary General of humanitarian group the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013, overseeing projects in more than 30 countries globally. He spoke with the Globe this week about how Covid-19 has, overnight, dramatically changed the way the industry works with refugees and the displaced
By Andrew Haffner • Apr 01, 2020
As large swathes of the Philippines go into complete lockdown due to COVID-19, life-saving healthcare programmes for polio, measles and HIV are suffering
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 30, 2020
After coming down with a fever three weeks ago, an expat was admitted to Phnom Penh's Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. In the second of our personal essays looking at life during COVID-19, we publish their account of life inside a Cambodian government quarantine
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 27, 2020
The Philippines' top medical association said that nine doctors have died from COVID-19, with hospitals overwhelmed and medics complaining about a lack of protection on the front line
By Alastair McCready • Mar 26, 2020
Laos becomes Southeast Asia's final country to confirm cases of COVID-19 as two people in the capital Vientiane test positive on March 24
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Mar 24, 2020
After weeks of claiming to have zero cases despite its 2,100-kilometre border with China, Myanmar has finally confirmed its first COVID-19 cases
By Sun Myat Mon and Richard Sargent • Mar 24, 2020
Most Read Archive Story: Despite the grave dangers associated with cosmetic procedures in Cambodia, the beauty business in Phnom Penh is booming
By Sam Bradpiece • Mar 24, 2020
As the world locks down and social distancing goes into full effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh don’t hold such a luxury. What happens if the virus takes hold in the world’s most vulnerable communities?
By Miriam Deprez and Andrew Haffner • Mar 19, 2020