Laos attends UN General Assembly HIV/AIDS session
This meeting delivered a critical worldwide update on the battle against HIV/AIDS and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 3 on “Good Health and Well-Being,” ensuring that the world is on pace to eliminate HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The President of the 76th General...
Read moreLaos forces two North Korean doctors to open a lucrative ward
The Lao-Asean Hospital in Vientiane, an expensive medical facility, received two North Korean doctors to set up a practice on one of its floors. The hospital serves wealthy Laotians. In Laos, North Korean doctors give their government a percentage of their earnings. The money these workers bring home is several...
Read morePrecautions and vaccinations, according to the health minister, will help Laos become Covid-free
Despite the fact that case counts have decreased, Laos cannot yet declare that Covid-19 instances are occurring exclusively in isolated places, according to a senior health ministry official. Dr Phonepaseuth Ounaphom, Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion, told Vientiane Times last week that the fact that...
Read moreThe Lao government has received 74 ambulances from the Japanese government
KPL On June 6, the Government of Japan handed 74 ambulances to the Government of Laos at the Ministry of Health to help with cholera-19 prevention and response. It was presented by Mr. Kenichi Kobayashi, Ambassador of Japan to Laos, and Mr. Bounpaeng Phoummalaisit, Minister of Health. Mr. Bounphaeng Phoummalaisit...
Read moreKhammouane Provincial Hospital receives 19 covid-Laboratory analysis buildings from Kofi
Mr. Bounpaeng Phoummalaisit, Minister of Health; Mr. Keoudon Butsingkhon, Deputy Governor; Ms. He Yongli, Representative of Kofi in Laos, were present at the handover ceremony of the Coverage-19 Laboratory (COVID-19) between Kofi (KOFIH) or Korea Foundation for International Health and Khammouane on June 4 at the Khammouane Provincial Hospital. This...
Read morePolice in Bokeo province seized almost 10,000,000 amphetamine pills
On Friday, authorities in Bokeo discovered approximately 10,000,000 amphetamine pills from two people. According to the Bokeo Newspaper, Laos; two people from the provinces of Bokeo and Xieng Khouang were apprehended with 12,000,000 amphetamine pills weighing around 1,440 kilogrammes. Before police caught on to their suspicious activities, the robbers were trafficking...
Read moreLaos youth receive mental health care from the UNFPA and the Philippines
The UNFPA will be sponsored by the United Nations Funds for Women’s Mental and Psychology on June 20, 2022 in Vientiane. The Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Center has also established action plans to carry out such initiatives, including training for youth counsellors in areas such as sexual and reproductive...
Read moreFirst floods, then oral cholera vaccines
Laos has experienced significant rains and flooding in recent years, especially in the Sanamxay district. As water levels increase, cholera, a devastating intestinal ailment, is feared. Concerned Sanamxay resident Chanyalath Rocha says, “Not only do we have to deal with floods, but now cholera is a worry. We want the...
Read moreAccording to officials, Covid-19 vaccination is on the rise in northern Laos
As part of the CONNECT project, the Ministry of Health’s Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion is having a discussion about cooperating to improve Covid-19 vaccine coverage in northern Laos (Community Network Engagement for Essential Healthcare and COVID-19 Responses through Trust). Deputy Governors from Phongsaly, Luang Namtha, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang,...
Read moreIn Chanthabouly, Xaysettha, Laos, save the children international is working to reduce dengue transmission
Save the Children International will implement the scheme Pilot Implementation – WMP Wolbachia Technique Using the wMel Pressure to Reduce Dengue Spread in 32 towns in the Chanthabouly and Xaysettha Districts, Vientiane, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Department of Communicable Diseases Control. In the presence of representatives from...
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