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Health & Environment

Laos, United Nation Team Up on Youth Empowerment, Gender-Based Violence Initiatives

On 12 November, Lao Women Union, Lao Youth Union, the United Nations agencies and key development partners came together to discuss groundbreaking initiatives aiming to empower youth and address gender-based violence in Laos.  The meeting, titled “Briefing Meeting with Development Partners on UN Joint Programming Areas to Advance Youth Empowerment...

Laos to Enforce Ban on Unregistered, Unlabeled Food Products in 2025

The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced new regulations, requiring all food...

Laos, Russia Team Up on Unexploded Ordnance Clearance in Houaphanh Province

Laos’s Ministry of Defense and the Russian Embassy in Laos launched a humanitarian project...

Natural Disasters Claim 12 Lives in Laos, Cause USD 300 Million in Damages

Laos has suffered extensive damage and loss from tropical storms Prapiroon, Yagi, and Soulik,...

Children Most Frequent Victims of UXO in Laos, National Authorities Say

Children are the most affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO) accidents across Laos, national authorities...

Villagers Voice Complaints About Factory Pollution

n Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, are still complaining about air pollution and bad odours from a nearby recycling factory. Meanwhile, Sikhottabong district environment officials have been...

Family Health Group Eases Mothers’ Lives In Northern Provinces

Further support in providing better healthcare to local communities, especially in rural areas of Bokeo, Luang Namtha and Oudomxay provinces, is the main aim...

Projects Help to Put Food on the Table in Poorest Districts

The Southern Laos Food and Nutrition Security and Market Linkages Programme (FNML) based in Attapeu province and funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development...

2,200 People Infected with Dengue in First Half of 2016

More than 2,200 people across the country have contracted dengue fever since January this year, of whom nine people died, the Laophatthana newspaper reported on...

WHO Extends Support for Health Sector

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed its continuing support for the nation's health sector for 2017-2021, pledging to work with the government for the...

World Hepatitis Day 2016

The recent viral outbreak of hepatitis A in Xieng Khuang, that occurred two weeks before annual World Hepatitis Day that is marked on 28...