World Health Organization – Page 2 – Asia Times

AT Finance, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Malaysia, Singapore brace for China viral contagion

by Nile Bowie February 3, 2020February 18, 2020

China

China virus deaths top 360, passing SARS mainland toll

by Helen Roxburgh and Beiyi Seow February 3, 2020February 18, 2020

China

Virus death toll passes 250 as countries ban China travelers

by Helen Roxburgh February 1, 2020February 18, 2020

China

China’s deadliest virus day as Russia seals borders

by Sebastien Ricci January 31, 2020February 18, 2020

China

Virus deaths surge to 213 as foreigners evacuated

by AT Contributor January 30, 2020February 18, 2020

China

China’s coronavirus response under a microscope

by Nile Bowie January 28, 2020February 18, 2020

Pandemic fear dampens Chinese New Year cheer

by Nile Bowie January 25, 2020March 16, 2020

AT Finance, China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Wuhan

Airports need to react now to Wuhan disease

by Jonathan Gornall January 21, 2020February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, United Arab Emirates

The missing ingredient in campaigns to eradicate polio

by Jonathan Gornall January 11, 2020February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

How to live as long as Mahathir

by Nile Bowie December 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Middle East, United Arab Emirates

Victory over smallpox yet to be repeated

by Jonathan Gornall November 30, 2019February 18, 2020

Target Malaria is soon scheduled to begin implementing a plan in West and Central Africa to release genetically modified “male sterile” (non-gene-drive) mosquitoes: Photo: iStock

World

To eradicate malaria, bring back DDT

by Jonathan Gornall September 21, 2019February 18, 2020

A Mosquito extracts blood after piercing the human skin. Photo: iStock

Middle East, Yemen

An astonishing victory in Yemen

by Jonathan Gornall September 14, 2019February 18, 2020

Northeast Asia, South Korea

Businesses boom as dust settles over Korea

by Haeryun Kang March 18, 2019February 18, 2020

A marijuana field at sunset. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Asia’s budding interest in corporate cannabis

by Nile Bowie January 9, 2019February 18, 2020

New World Health Organization research shows rising alcohol consumption in much of Asia. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Richer, drunker and unhealthier in Asia

by Alan Boyd October 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Thai rescue workers check a van after a crash in November 2017 which killed a Thai van driver and 13 Burmese. The van hit a truck in Singburi in central Thailand and burst into flames, police said. Photo: AFP / Daily News

AT Finance, Thailand, World

Older taxi vans forced off the roads in Thailand

by Dusita Maneemuang October 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Two senior residents in China's Tianjin are seen in a local park doing morning exercises. Photo: Xinhua via VCG

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Chinese beat Americans in ‘healthy life expectancy at birth’

by Asia Times staff June 4, 2018February 18, 2020

The distinctive landscape of Liberty Square in Taiwan. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

China, Taiwan and the battle raging to ‘erase an identity’

by Chris Taylor May 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Airspace is empty over Syria after the European Aviation Safety Agency published a rapid alert notification warning of the possibility of missile activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Diagram: FlightRadar24

AT Finance, European Union, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Missiles ‘nice and new and smart’ coming to Syria, Trump warns

by Asia Times and Reuters April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo waves at an ASEAN summit event at Clark, Pampanga, northern Philippines November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, World

International Women’s Day is moment to end abusive ‘virginity tests’

by Phelim Kine March 8, 2018

High levels of inorganic arsenic were found in 13 out of 45 rice samples obtained in Hong Kong and Lo Wu. Photo: iStockphoto

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Cancer-causing inorganic arsenic found in rice samples

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Photo: AFP

World

The World Bank needs to return to its mission

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Defining the US-China relationship crucial to peace, prosperity

by Ken Moak January 24, 2018

Boys play football in a public park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

China, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Religious traditions play role in India’s pollution problem

by Jeremy Luedi December 12, 2017

Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

China’s aid a matter of life and death for Laos

by David Hutt December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

A Pakistani man pushes a cart carrying water in jerry cans in a slum area of Karachi on October 25, 2017. Photo: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum

Pakistan, South Asia, World

Judges put scandal of Pakistan’s toxic water under microscope

by F.M. Shakil December 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Original (R) and fake viagra pills are presented at a press conference on counterfeit medicines. Photo: AFP/Stephanie Pilick

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Fake Pharma thrives on the Mekong

by Alan Boyd November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Pixabay

India, South Asia, World

India not doing enough to stop sale of unapproved antibiotics

by Patricia McGettigan and Allyson Pollock October 14, 2017February 18, 2020

A file shot of a baby under a mosquito net in the southern Philippines. Scientists in Bangkok have warned that resistance to key anti-malaria drugs has spread across mainland Southeast Asia. Photo: Reuters/ Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Spread of malaria resistance spurs debate on fighting disease

by Jim Pollard September 26, 2017February 18, 2020