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Six Winners Chosen For Asia’s Nobel Prize, The Ramon Magsaysay Award

Six individuals across Asia will receive Asia’s premier prize, the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award, announced the Foundation on Thursday.

July 26, 2012

Cambodia Increases Effort To Stop Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease Outbreak

Cambodia has begun nationwide surveillance for a severe form of hand, foot and mouth disease since the deaths of more than 50 children from an April 2012 outbreak.

July 16, 2012

2009 Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study

A new study reports that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu may have killed as many as half a million people around the world – much higher than the official 18,500 figure.

June 26, 2012

One-Third Of Malaria Drugs In Southeast Asia Are Fake, Study

One-third of the malaria drugs sold across Southeast Asia are either poor quality or fake, according to a NIH study published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

May 22, 2012

App To Tackle Wildlife Trafficking In Cambodia

A new iPhone app has been launched to help tourists make responsible choices about their purchases while on holiday in Cambodia.

May 11, 2012

Artemisinin-Resistant Malarial Strains Emerge On Thai-Myanmar border

Two studies published in The Lancet and Science last week show a worrying increase in resistance of the malaria parasite at the Thai-Myanmar border.

April 9, 2012

The Asia Foundation And OOCL To Distribute 400,000 Books Across Asia

The Asia Foundation will partner with logistics company Orient Overseas Container Line to distribute an estimated 402,000 books across Asia.

February 7, 2012

Trial Of Cambodia Khmer Rouge Jailer Duch Exerted Mental Toll On Survivors

The Khmer Rouge trials – which today sentenced Kaing Guek Eav (Duch), the former chairman of the regime’s Tuol Sleng security prison, to life in prison – has exerted a mental toll on the 8,200 who gave their testimony in court.

February 3, 2012

32nd Institut Pasteur Launched In Vientiane, Laos

The 32nd Institut Pasteur was launched in Vientiane, Laos this week. The new research center will focus on infectious and parasitic diseases prevalent in Southeast Asia.

January 27, 2012