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Factors associated with child malnutrition in mountainous ethnic minority communities in Lao PDR

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Although in many low- and middle-income countries undernutrition is steadily decreasing, nutritional challenges persist in remote communities, such as those in mountainous areas of Lao PDR.
Sayvisene Boulom, D. Essink, Myung-Hee Kang, S. Kounnavong, J. Broerse   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association between household food security, food production diversity, and women’s and children's dietary diversity in Lao PDR: evidence from the National Nutrition Sentinel Surveillance Survey

Agriculture & Food Security
Purpose This study examined how household food security and food production diversity impact minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) and children (MDD).
Kyle Taylor, Pany Sananikhom, Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Janneke Hartvig Blomberg, Vilon Viphongxay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impacts of the US‐China Trade War on ASEAN Export Performance to the US: An Event‐Study Analysis

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The high industrial inputs reliance on China while having the US as its indispensable export market and key investor as well as source of technology transfers puts Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in an increasingly precarious situation as the US‐China trade war intensifies.
Aufa Doarest, Maria Monica Wihardja
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular confirmation of the presence of the South American tomato leafminer, Phthorimaea absoluta Meyrick, 1917 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Lao PDR

Entomological Communications
Molecular confirmation of the presence of the tomato leafminer, Phthorimaea (Tuta) absoluta Meyrick, 1917 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in the Paksong region of the Bolaven Plateau in Champasak province in south-western Lao PDR is reported.
Viengvilay Vorlachith, Sengphet Phanthavong, Somkhit Sengsay, Salah Hafidi, Hang Thi Dao, Chanthason Vongtharone, Bouasa Xaisongkham, Kitan Sitthisay, George A. C. Beattie, Paul Holford, Tara Garrard, Sally Cowan, Lester W. Burgess   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Historical background of melioidosis

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
No abstract ...
D. Dance
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 611-635, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The sound formation of robust environmental policies is increasingly important for low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to achieve their national objectives and international commitments. However, policy implementation can be complex, and environmental policies may not be prioritised given other critical socio‐economic development issues ...
Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual and reproductive health communication between parents and high school adolescents in Vientiane Prefecture, Lao PDR

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Adolescent health has become a priority on the global health agenda. Parent-adolescent communication regarding sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues can help to reduce adolescent risk-taking sexual behaviours. Objective This study was to
Visany Vongsavanh, V. H. Lan, V. Sychareun   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hospital‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study of Burkholderia pseudomallei Seroreactivity Among Febrile Patients in Northernmost Vietnam: Near‐Neighbor Bloodstream Isolates, Environmental Correlates, and Spatial Clustering

GeoHealth, Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Melioidosis is a potentially fatal tropical disease caused by the environmentally mediated bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In Vietnam, melioidosis is not nationally reportable and little is known regarding its epidemiology and distribution in the northernmost mountainous provinces.
Morgan C. Metrailer, Tran Thi Le Quyen, Khang Van Pham, Tan Minh Luong, Treenate Jiranantasak, Andrew P. Bluhm, Frank J. Tuozzo II, Thi Thu Ha Hoang, Minh Hoa Luong, Bich Ngoc Do, Thanh Hai Pham, Madison E. A. Harman, Michael H. Norris, Trinh Thanh Trung, Jason K. Blackburn   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fig. 3 in Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR)

, 2020
Fig. 3. Known distribution of Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov. (red circle).Published as part of Souvannakhoummane, Keooudone, Fici, Silvio, Lanorsavanh, Soulivanh, Park, Jeong Ho, Kang, Ho Sang, Bounithiphonh, Chaloun ...
Fici, Silvio, Souvannakhoummane, Keooudone, Pdr, Lao, Lanorsavanh, Soulivanh, Kang, Ho Sang, Bounithiphonh, Chaloun, Park, Jeong Ho   +6 more
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Anaemia among adolescents: assessing a public health concern in Lao PDR

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Lao PDR has identified the need to target adolescent public health concerns. Adolescents suffering from poor health and nutrition during rapid growth and development may be at risk of anaemia due to high iron requirements and the rapid ...
S. Kounnavong, Manithong Vonglokham, Thidatheb Kounnavong, Djan Daniel Kwadwo, D. Essink   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source