BANGKOK — British aid agency Oxfam on Tuesday urged Thailand’s new government not to scrap a controversial generic drugs program, which provides cheaper, copycat medicines to the poor. “We are encour…
BANGKOK, 19 February 2008 (IRIN) - As avian influenza continues to surface in poultry farms across northern Thailand, health officials say they are fully prepared. ‘Right now we are ready for the pand…
Asian Journal , Posted: Feb 19, 2008 MANILA, Phils. — Filipinos in Laos have been warned against allowing themselves to be used as couriers by drug syndicates, the Asian Journal reports. In its repor…
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The deaths of three villagers have caused outrage and demands that Laos president Chommaly Sayasone do more to protect the Hmong. On Feb. …