HEALTH
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.
Study: Polio Vaccination Programs In Af-Pak Not Working
A new study finds that vaccines are struggling to have an impact in Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the lack of mass immunization campaigns.
Philippine Government Struggles On Family Planning Debate
The government of the Philippines aims to drastically cut maternal deaths by spending US$12 million on contraceptives in 2012, a move bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church.
Developing An Asian Version Of Plumpy’Nut In Vietnam
The National Institute for Nutrition in Vietnam has produced a regional alternative to the peanut-paste treatment known as Plumpy'Nut to treat malnutrition in Southeast Asia.
Study: Developing World Has 5% Chance Of Meeting UN Child Hunger Target
Insufficient progress has been made on halving the number of children who suffer from hunger, says a new Lancet study.
Say That Again? New Telephone Test To Determine Hearing Loss
Researchers have designed a new hearing-screening test in Mandarin for people suffering from hearing loss in China.
Researchers Raise Doubts Over HPV Trial In India
New research has raised further questions about a HPV vaccine trial in India that has since been halted and become the subject of an investigation by the Indian government.
Researchers Find Drugs That May Block Malarial Transmission
Scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have identified a new treatment that may be useful in blocking malarial transmission.
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.
