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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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Skin ailment afflicts nearly 170 villagers who gathered shellfish in Thanzit River in southern Rakhine
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Facing shortages, the government plans to open private medical and nursing universities to address the need.
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Medical personnel have reached the affected villages and the situation has stabilized, officials say.
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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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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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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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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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About 300 residents of Moulmein protested on Sunday against a trio of coal-fired antimony factories accused of fouling the air and contaminating grazing grounds.
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China's drug regulator has accused Changsheng of fabricating production and inspection records related to a rabies vaccine regularly given to infants, sparking public outrage.
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After a two-year effort, all shops selling food in the market will be certified as free from artificial food dye starting on Wednesday.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang calls for an immediate investigation into a scandal over faulty vaccines that he says has crossed a moral line.
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JICA said the hospital will improve the care and treatment of cerebral and cardiovascular diseases in Myanmar.
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"Since athletes need to give their maximum performance for the competition, a better AQI is a must," said Budi Haryanto.
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Officials at Myanmar's largest hospital say uninvited and unruly vendors are posing a health hazard and want the government to force them out.
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