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East-West divide underscored in Covid-19 controls
Oped, Published on 10/04/2020
» East Asian countries are outperforming the United States and Europe in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the outbreak began in China, to which the rest of East Asia is very closely bound by trade and travel. The US and Europe should be learning as rapidly as possible about the East Asian approaches, which could still save vast numbers of lives in the West and the rest of the world.
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Moral dilemmas of handling the virus
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/04/2020
» It is hard to calibrate a commensurate response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Owing to the lack of accurate and reliable information, a media feeding frenzy and the mass psychology of fear, the choice has become all or nothing, not much in between. Individuals, societies and states worldwide are now incentivised to overdo it and err on the side of caution, being safe rather than sorry. This means that the likelihood of "overshooting" with Covid responses is likely to heighten in the foreseeable future in view of morally unacceptable alternatives.
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Blasting the plastic
News, Postbag, Published on 26/11/2019
» Sirinya Wattanasukchai, in her Nov 22 commentary, "Food apps trade convenience for plastic waste", drove home another way we are drowning ourselves in a plastic sea -- by using food apps.
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How S Korea can survive with shrinking workforce
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 20/11/2019
» You know times are hard in provincial South Korea when the guy selling walkers and hearing aids can only make ends meet by day trading.
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Sex curriculum on right track but room to improve
News, Published on 26/06/2019
» Thailand first introduced a sex-education curriculum four decades ago. Since then, concepts of sexuality education have continued to evolve, reflecting a much more expansive understanding of students' well-being, not just in terms of sexual and reproductive health, particularly the central role that gender plays in their understanding of themselves and the world around them, but also their social and emotional welfare.
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How artificial intelligence can save your life
News, David Brooks, Published on 26/06/2019
» Artificial intelligence is by turns terrifying, overhyped, hard to understand and just plain awesome.
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Show them the way
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 13/05/2019
» It's something of a surprise that, until now, the United Nations has never released a recommendation on physical activity for children under the age of five. Now, at least, the international agency realises that it is important to have proper guidelines for little ones who, after all, represent the future of our planet.
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Obesity now an African crisis, too
News, Published on 20/03/2019
» When it comes to health issues in Africa, people think of chronic hunger or infectious diseases such as malaria or HIV/Aids. But Africa is simultaneously struggling with an increase in non-communicable diseases, most of them related to obesity.
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Abuse of junior students an incubator of hatred
News, Published on 16/02/2019
» The photos are shocking. The first shows young men in their underwear lying on the beach; in the second, one man is apparently licking ketchup from another’s chest. A third shows men lining up in two rows seemingly simulating sex.
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Tackling noncommunicable diseases among poor
News, Published on 30/01/2019
» This week, global health leaders are gathering in Bangkok for the 2019 Prince Mahidol Award Conference. This year's conference theme is the political economy of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs include a diverse array of conditions ranging from heart disease and cancer to congenital disorders and mental illness and kill approximately 41 million people globally each year. Addressing NCDs is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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