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AIDS campaign in Laos to promote awareness about transgender group

Monday, June 22, 2009 12:13

A new government campaign in Laos is targeting HIV/Aids high risk group of transgender males called Katheoys.

Hong Kong to vaccinate 2.5 million people for H1N1

Monday, June 15, 2009 1:23

The Hong Kong government has announced plans to spend US $ 90 million on H1N1 flu vaccines,  available by October this year, to vaccinate 2.5 million people for free. The aim is to cover all private and public health care workers, young children, seniors and patients with high risk of ...

ASEAN+3 health ministers draft an A/H1N1 plan

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 0:03

Health ministers from the ten nation ASEAN countries, as well as Japan, China and South Korea drafted a response plan to the A/H1N1 influenza.

TB hot spot Burma in dire need of TB drugs

Monday, April 13, 2009 2:01

Despite WHO calls that a new strain of TB is "potentially explosive", Burma is in serious shortage of TB drugs and funding from current national supplier Global Fund Facility will run out at the end of this year. Along with other Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam, and China, Burma is ...