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Food
Organic Valley sells natural food products, supporting chemical-free farming communities in an effort to promote healthier living in Myanmar.
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World
Dangerous diets have taken over as the world’s biggest killer, as healthier traditional foods are being shunned for Western fast-food diets laden with sugar, salt and fat.
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Asia
The Netflix film "Period. End of Sentence." won the Oscar for best short documentary shining a spotlight on a topic rarely discussed openly in the country.
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Women
Stigmatization of condom use remains a problem; maternal mortality rate still unacceptably high
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Burma
Health organizations in ethnic areas lack funding, access to medicine and skilled personnel and are requesting a return of support from INGOs which have largely left their areas.
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Burma
Health Minister Myint Htwe said the investigation was launched without an initial, mandatory review of the allegations.
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World
A report produced by doctors, academics and policy experts from around the world warns of the effects of climate change on public health and health systems.
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Asia
The NutriFish1000 campaign aims to improve family nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life by getting pregnant women and children to eat small fish grown in ponds and paddies.
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Burma
Skin ailment afflicts nearly 170 villagers who gathered shellfish in Thanzit River in southern Rakhine
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Burma
Facing shortages, the government plans to open private medical and nursing universities to address the need.
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Burma
Medical personnel have reached the affected villages and the situation has stabilized, officials say.
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Asia
Asia's growing appetite for meat and seafood will cause huge increases in greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics used in foods, researchers say.
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Burma
Spurred by a lack of healthcare, waves of seasonal illness have proved fatal in rural villages of Sagaing Region’s Naga Self-Administered Zone.
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Asia
Almost 900 million children face a lack of basic hygiene facilities at school, a new report says. Sub-Saharan Africa, East and Southeast Asia have some of the worst facilities.
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Asia
European regulators have said the problem likely dates back to 2012, suggesting that many patients could have been exposed to cancer risk.
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