By Laotian Times and AFP - Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.
Fung-wong, expected to be a "super typhoon" before making landfall, bears a huge footprint, with a radius that...
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading...
A Sumatran orangutan has become the first wild animal seen self-medicating with a plant to heal a wound.
The male orangutan, named Rakus, had sustained...
The Lao Plaza Hotel hosted the commencement ceremony for the eighth batch of graduates from the 14th Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) on 26...
BY JONATHAN MEADLEY AND CHONO LAPUEKOU
Amidst abundant water resources available in Laos, rural communities are grappling with a pressing challenge: access to clean water.
Once...
The United States and WHO recently unveiled a new multi-year partnership aimed at enhancing maternal, and child health, and nutrition in Laos.
The initiative, called...