Masters in Family Medicine in Laos: A Pilot Distance Learning Program (Laura Goldman MD)
Conclusions: This novel Family Medicine retraining program in Laos was effective in promoting individual skills improvement among participants, and colleagues working with participants were impressed with their performance, including the extension of lessons to other rural staff. Consensus suggested the program should be continued and expanded to additional sites in Laos. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - April 29, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Two ancient human fossils from Laos reveal early human diversity
An ancient human skull and a jawbone found a few meters apart in a cave in northern Laos add to the evidence that early modern humans were physically quite diverse, researchers report. The skull has fully modern features while the jaw is a mix of modern and archaic traits. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
The 'Unicorn' DOES Exist, And It's About To Go Extinct
Unicorns are real.
Or at least, there's a creature on the brink of extinction that some think looks a lot like our favorite fabled horse-like beast. Plus, it's just about as rare. There may only be a few dozen of the antelope-like saola left on earth, and one man is trying to find them.
William deBuys, who penned "The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth’s Rarest Creatures" in 2011, has been traveling to Laos in Southeast Asia to find the saola since it was discovered by scientists in 1992.
"Its long, nearly straight horns are elegantly tapered, and in profile they seem to blend into a single horn, giving the cre...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 6, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
As Cost Of Renewables Falls, Large-Scale Hydropower Seen As A Risky Bet
This story originally appeared on Climate Central.
As investments in wind and solar power climb, backing major hydropower projects may be seen as a risky bet in a warming world, as studies show that reservoirs may be major sources of methane emissions and climate change itself could make rain and snowfall less certain in some regions.
An indicator of where renewables investors are focusing their attention, large hydropower was left out of a major United Nations and Bloomberg report published this week showing that global investments in renewables spiked 17 percent in 2014.
The Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in A...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 3, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Politics of Extinction
An Introduction to the Most Beautiful Animal You'll Never See
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com
Maybe baby steps will help, but the world needs a lot more than either the United States or China is offering to combat the illegal traffic in wildlife, a nearly $20-billion-a-year business that adds up to a global war against nature. As the headlines tell us, the trade has pushed various rhinoceros species to the point of extinction and motivated poachers to kill more than 100,000 elephants since 2010.
Last month China announced that it would ban ivory imports for a year, while it “evaluates” the effectivenes...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Photo competition shines spotlight on ‘family meal’ in achieving UN zero hunger goal
Scenes of families eating together in Burundi, Laos and the Philippines today won a photo competition judged by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver aimed at demonstrating “the simple yet powerful role provided by sitting tougher and eating as a family,” the World Food Programme (WFP) announced. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - February 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
UN agency photo competition shines spotlight on ‘family meal’ in achieving 'Zero Hunger'
Scenes of families eating together in Burundi, Laos and the Philippines today won a photo competition judged by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver aimed at demonstrating “the simple yet powerful role provided by sitting tougher and eating as a family,” the World Food Programme (WFP) announced. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - February 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Laos targets green energy in new Asian economic bloc
As ten South-East Asian nations move to a single market this year, Laos plans to ramp up research in key areas. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - January 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How Laos’s major dam on the Mekong is taking shape
A photo gallery on the construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydroelectric plant being built with Thai money. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - December 31, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Neglected disease research in Lao PDR -- capacity building in Burundi
(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute) This year, the R. Geigy Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, confers two awards: one to the Laotian scientist Somphou Sayasone, the other to the Swiss TPH Jubilee Project 'Connecting the Dots.' The value of the prizes awarded is 10,000 CHF and 70,000 CHF, respectively. With its awards the RGS recognizes excellent achievements in neglected disease research in South-East Asia and capacity building in Burundi. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 16, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
China’s Appetite for Pangolin Is Threatening the Creature’s Existence
If anything dramatizes the plight of the pangolin — a small, scaly, insect-eating mammal found in Asia and Africa — it is the seizure, on May 13, of 956 carcasses in a van in China’s Guangdong province. The bust was among the biggest ever recorded in China, the world’s largest market for the creature.
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Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - June 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Liam Fitzpatrick Tags: Uncategorized African Pangolin Asia Asian Pangolin China Pangolin Trade Traditional Chinese Medicine trafficking Source Type: news
Profiting from organic growth in rural Laos
This audio slideshow visits an agricultural social enterprise working to raise the income of poor farmers. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - June 4, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Accessing The Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Markets In Myanmar
When Myanmar opened to the West, one of the first sectors multinationals were most excited to pursue was the healthcare market. Because of the country’s internally forced exile from the world’s stage, Myanmar’s healthcare system has long been starved of western pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic equipment. Currently, Myanmar’s government-supported public healthcare provides basic care and some acute disease management; however, the little bit of capacity that is available is sporadic. For the last several decades, the WHO, UN and various NGOs have all made up the difference between what...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 12, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Benjamin Shobert Source Type: news
The legacy of unexploded ordnance in Laos
This image gallery showcases an exhibition on the effects of cluster bombs and efforts to help those injured by them. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - May 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Roadside observation of secondary school students' commuting to school in Vientiane, Laos - Ichikawa M, Nakahara S, Phommachanh S, Mayxay M, Kimura A.
To investigate modes of secondary school students' commuting to school and their unsafe driving practices in Laos, we conducted a roadside observation in front of the gate of a selected school in central Vientiane in December 2011. Of the 544 students obse... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
