Public health

Minister of Health, Assoc. Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, highlighted the significant successes of the nation’s health sector in his report to the cabinet’s monthly meeting for November.A majority of the population now have access to better quality treatment with the ministry expanding health services in ...

The Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF) is allocating over US$1 million to support the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS/STI in three target regions of Laos.The “Cooperation for Improving the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS/STI Project in Laos” will target the capital as well as ...

Laos will receive further support from the USA for developments in the health sector, especially in response to public health emergencies.The support will include training programmes for public health professionals in the strengthening of disease prevention, detection, preparedness, and response to public health emergencies.More ...

Everyone needs to remain vigilant in preventing possible outbreaks of dengue fever even though the rainy season is over, a leading health official has cautionedFrom January to October this year, the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology recorded 5,654 cases of dengue fever, resulting in ...

Lao anaesthesiologists, experts and cooperation partners met in Vientiane on Friday to review their work in the sector and discuss methods of improving patient care and providing safe anaesthetics.More ...

The Lao and UK governments yesterday agreed to a new project partnership to accelerate the fight against drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ in Laos.This partnership will establish a comprehensive surveillance system for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use in both humans and animals.More ...

Representatives from development partners and line departments of the Ministry of Health met yesterday in Vientiane to discuss the control of non-communicable diseases (NCD).The discussion was part of the three-day 12th National Health Research Forum (12th NHRF) which concluded yesterday and also covered achieving universal ...

Specialists from Laos joined with counterparts from China in Vientiane on Friday under the umbrella of the ongoing Lao Techmart exhibition at Lao-ITECC aiming to improve the treatment and care of patients with cancer.During the meeting, cancer experts from the Institute for Research of Science ...

Mother and Child Hospital (MCH) in Vientiane has presented its successful results of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments using intracytoplasmic sperm Injection (ICSI) for women wanting to fall pregnant.This year, the hospital has recorded a 90 percent success rate in women falling pregnant through IVF ...

Japan has agreed to support unexploded-ordnance related projects in Laos at the cost of 900 million yen as well as facilitate cooperation between Mittaphab hospital in Vientiane and Kitahara Neurosurgical Institute of Japan.More ...