Health

Fears grow as measles running rampant in southern Thailand

Suraiya first noticed something was wrong with her two-year-old son, Atfan Kuning, when he couldn't eat or keep any food down.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Al Jazeera
Tags:
Thailand, Measles, Vaccination
Climate Change

Power trip: Southeast Asia’s journey to a low carbon economy

Insufficient regulation and fossil fuel subsidies are holding back Southeast Asia’s transition to a low carbon economy, according to a new report released by Eco-Business.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2018
Eco-Business
Tags:
Low Carbon Economy, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
Wildlife

Facebook animal trade exposed in Thailand

More than 1,500 listings of live animals for sale have been found on Facebook in Thailand by a wildlife trafficking watchdog.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Thailand, Endangered Species, Environment Crime, Asia
Solid Waste

Southeast Asian nations grapple with worsening plastic trash crisis

But most are still in the early stages of creating waste management strategies and passing laws needed to implement them.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2018
Eco Business
Tags:
Solid Waste, Plastic, Waste Recycling, Asia, Waste Management, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Natural Disasters

Landslide in northern Thailand kills 8

Eight were killed after a landslide hit a village in northern Thailand, media reported on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2018
Xinhua
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Landslides, Thailand
Forests

Pulse of the forest

“Pulse of the Forest” showcases both the threats and the potential for the forests of the Greater Mekong region, which consists of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2018
WWF
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Air Pollution

Study influence of agro-industries on air quality in Thailand

Inventories of annual and monthly emissions in the northern, central and northeastern provinces of Thailand, where agriculture and related agro-industries are very intensive, were evaluated the con

Publication Date: 
13/06/2018
Tags:
Air Pollution, Agriculture, Thailand, Industry, PM 2.5, Nitrogen Dioxide, Air Quality Monitoring
Health

A health impact assessment framework for special economic zones in the Greater Mekong Subregion

This health impact assessment framework serves as a guide to manage health risks and impacts in economic zones of the Greater Mekong Region and address transboundary issues associated with human migration.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2018
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Health, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Industry, Migration, Economic Development, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Health

Medicine procurement and the use of flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016

Millions of people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack access to effective pharmaceuticals, often because they are unaffordable. The 2001 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement and Public Health. The declaration recognized the implications of intellectual property rights for both new medicine development and the price of medicines.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Ellen FM't Hoen, Jacquelyn Veraldi, Brigit Toebes & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
96
3
185-193
Tags:
Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, India, Developing Countries, Drug Industry, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, United States Of America (US)
Wildlife

Nigeria: Thailand Seizes Nigeria's Smuggled Ivory As Rescued Chimpanzees Face Uncertain Future

Ivory worth 15 million baht ($469,800) smuggled from Nigeria has been seized in Thailand, customs officials said.Three elephant tusks and 31 ivory pieces weighing a combined 148 kilograms were seiz

Publication Date: 
05/02/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Nigeria, Thailand, Africa

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