Health

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 23, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Singapore quarantines migrant workers after virus cases

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 23, 2021
Singapore has quarantined about 1,200 migrant workers from a dormitory after coronavirus cases were discovered among men thought to have already recovered from infections

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 15, 2021 • 2 min read

Covid-19 Cambodia’s Hun Sen says country on ‘brink of death’ from Covid surge

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 15, 2021
Despite avoiding mass any mass outbreaks in 2020, a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia "on the brink of death", its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a nearby city.

Health • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 25, 2021 • 7 min read

Opinion The way forward for vaccine development in Southeast Asia

By Nur Izzaty Badrol Hisham • Mar 25, 2021
Vaccine development and procurement in Southeast Asia is no easy task, and though the region has worked to develop its indigenous sectors to inoculate against more traditional diseases, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the immoral practice of vaccine nationalism

Health • Mar 12, 2021 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Thailand suspends vaccine rollout as Biden eyes Independence Day

Just after US President Joe Biden offered hope for Covid-weary Americans, Thailand on Friday March 12 joined several European nations in suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot fears.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 12, 2021

Health • Mar 08, 2021 • 9 min read
International Women's Day

Condoms, consent, and courage: Teaching sex positivity in Malaysia

Jasmine King is pushing past cultural conservatism to promote sex positivity in Malaysia, opening up conversations about pleasure, health and inclusivity. She has attracted thousands of followers, but also pushback as cultural taboos pose formidable barriers
By Helen Jambunathan • Mar 08, 2021

Health • Feb 22, 2021 • 5 min read
Healthcare

The Vietnamese enterprise offering amputees customisable prosthetics

Prosthetics for amputees are traditionally one-size-fits-all models that allow little, if any, customisation. But Saigon-based social enterprise Vulcan Augmetics is utilising 3D printing technology to create artificial limbs that can be adapted to individual needs
By Sam Dart • Feb 22, 2021

Health • Feb 19, 2021 • 10 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar’s politics of disaster: How the coup could worsen the pandemic

Following Myanmar's military coup, observers have pointed to how Covid conditions created an opportune moment for the putsch. But with services interrupted, health professionals marching and mass gatherings in the streets, will the coup exacerbate the pandemic?
By Kiana Duncan • Feb 19, 2021

Health • Feb 17, 2021 • 4 min read
Drugs

Thai meth barons look closer to home as pandemic curbs exports

Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of meth, but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market
By Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin/AFP • Feb 17, 2021

Health • Jan 29, 2021 • 7 min read
Covid-19

A year in numbers: Cambodia’s hopeful Covid-19 statistics

Phnom Penh-based data specialist David Benaim has spent recent months trawling through previously scattered information on Covid-19 in Cambodia. A year since the Kingdom reported its first case, his research provides a surprisingly positive public health outlook
By David Benaim • Jan 29, 2021

Health • Jan 28, 2021 • 9 min read
Malnutrition

A country born on an empty stomach: War and hunger in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste was born in the wake of colonialism, war and hunger, with the multi-generational effects of nearly 25 years of Indonesian occupation still visible. Malnutrition and stunting remain widespread as the country's youth attempt to scratch out a future amidst trauma that lingers in the very soil
By Klas Lundström • Jan 28, 2021

Health • Jan 27, 2021 • 8 min read
Covid-19

Has Cambodia been given enough credit for its Covid-19 response?

While Cambodia is among the world's least impacted nations health-wise by the pandemic, common perception is that this is more by luck than design. But new data, along with epidemiologist Michael Kinzer, suggest there's more behind this success than meets the eye
By Alastair McCready • Jan 27, 2021