The First Dengue Vaccine and the Fight Against ‘Breakbone Fever’
The Philippines this week launched the world’s first public dengue immunisation programme. A military truck carries out fumigation in a neighborhood to stop the breeding of the dengue mosquito in...
View ArticleNatural Disasters Have High Negative Impact on Children and Schools in Asia...
Residents walk on a road littered with debris after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines Nov. 10, 2013. Credit: Reuters Bangkok: A greater humanitarian focus on schools...
View ArticleRising Discontent Among Farmers in Myanmar Over Displacement
Representational image. Credit: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters Bangkok: Land conflicts in Myanmar have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land and new laws...
View ArticleThai Transgender Activist Breaks Barriers to Education
Nada Chaiyajit, a Thai transgender activist, 37, poses during an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016....
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