The Lao government has partnered with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Indian Government to prepare for the large-scale fortification of rice in a bid to reduce high rates of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
The initiative was introduced during the National Workshop on Fortification: Advancing Sustainable Nutrition...
August marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated every year from Aug 1 to 7 to encourage exclusive breastfeeding and improve babies’ health...
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...
Further support in providing better healthcare to local communities, especially in rural areas of Bokeo, Luang Namtha and Oudomxay provinces, is the main aim...
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...
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...