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Today, Minister of Health, HE Dr Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, welcomed newly appointed World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Lao PDR, Dr Timothy Armstrong, alongside other ...

Today, the Lao Ministry of Health (MOH), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a new five-year partnersh ...

In celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2024 and its theme of “Protecting Children from Tobacco Industry Interference,” an inter-school speech competition was held in Vientiane. Vie ...

In a major effort to protect children's health, the Lao PDR Ministry of Health announced a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign today. This critical initiative coinc ...

If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is that without health we have nothing. We cannot take health for granted. As WHO Representative to Laos for the last two years, ...

Ying-Ru Jacqueline Lo

This week we mark World Health Day and the 75th anniversary of WHO and have a chance to reflect on the gains secured, and what is needed to sustain and build on these. Ongoing cha ...

While Lao PDR has faced and continues to face many challenges, a recent trip to its southern provinces demonstrated commendable progress towards eliminating life-threatening diseas ...