The Ministry of Health has ordered unlicensed medical and beauty facilities across Laos to obtain official permits by 30 November, but the directive has raised questions over its delayed public release and how authorities will enforce the deadline.
The Ministry issued the directive on 29 May but did not publicize...
The Vientiane Capital Department of Public Health launched a campaign to vaccinate 10-year-old girls against cervical cancer.
Health officials noted that cervical cancer and HPV...
More than 500 women in Sanamxay district, Attapeu Province, have received over LAK 1.27 billion (USD 58,417) in financial support aimed at improving household...
HIV continues its steady, often unseen spread across Laos, where 1,617 people were newly infected in the first nine months of 2025.
Despite years of...
Laos has confirmed its first polio outbreak in almost ten years, with three cases reported in Savannakhet Province, prompting an urgent nationwide vaccination campaign.
The...
AFP - The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition...
