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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE | DECEMBER 16, 2013
Authors: Shay Wester, Carr Slayton and Kim Yaeger
LOOKING AHEAD
Top Story of the Week: UN: 'Yolanda' survivors still 'urgently require' aid
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Top Story of the Week: Dengue-Blocking Mosquito Released in Vietnam; Bacteria Could Be Key to Fighting Disease
LOOKING AHEAD:
Indonesia Business Mission 2013, November 11-13
Malaysia Business Mission 2013, November 20-22
Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Committee Meeting (Amcham Indonesia), November 8
Top Story of the Week: Asia-Pacific Leaders Ally to Fight Malaria
LOOKING AHEAD:
Indonesia Business Mission 2013, November 11-13
Malaysia Business Mission 2013, November 20-22
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A delegation met with Secretary Ona this week, as a part of the Philippines Business Mission. Minutes from the meeting can be found here.
Top Story of the Week: Dengue Deaths Rise in Malaysia
LOOKING AHEAD:
Please note that the 2013 Senior Executives Business Mission to the Philippines is scheduled for Monday, October 21 - Wednesday, October 23. To support this mission, the HLS Committee will develop an issue paper focused on key health related messages in the Philippines. If you would like to provide input to the issue paper, please contact Shay Wester at swester@usasean.org.
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Top Story of the Week: Imported Medicine To Be Checked
LOOKING AHEAD:
Please note that the 2013 Senior Executives Business Mission to the Philippines is scheduled for Monday, October 21 - Wednesday, October 23. To support this mission, the HLS Committee will develop an issue paper focused on key health related messages in the Philippines. If you would like to provide input to the issue paper, please contact Shay Wester at swester@usasean.org.
TOP STORIES:
Beginning October 1, the Drug Administration of Vietnam will check all imported medicine, after drug quality control agencies discovered that many foreign drugs had failed to meet national standards.
Top Story: Dengue Scare Sweeps Southeast Asia (The Diplomat, June 19)
Dengue cases have been rising dramatically in several Southeast Asian countries recently. Dengue (aka dengue fever) is a tropical virus with no known cure that is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. It attacks most often in densely populated urban areas.
ASEAN
REPORT: Regional Health Cooperation to Achieve Equity and End the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases among ASEAN Member States (Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 5)
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases published a new report on ending the burden of NTDs among ASEAN Member States.
Indonesia
Top Story: Promoting Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Women's Health
Jhpiego's Leslie Mancuso writes, "Many of today's global health advocates welcome the opportunity to work with corporations for the expertise they cultivate and the innovation they inspire. Corporate partners contribute their expertise and resources, whether technical, financial or human capital." The Huffington Post (1/22)
ASEAN
Consultation Underway to Boost Assistance for CLMV in the Cosmetics Sector
Top Story: Why is it in China's Interest to Promote Health Security in Southeast Asia?
Being the epicenter of major endemic and epidemic diseases, Southeast Asia has often been perceived as a major threat to global health security. Today, China's partnership with countries in this region and other stakeholders (e.g. the United States) around health security has never been so important. Council on Foreign Relations (12/20)
ASEAN
Access, Funding & Infrastructure matters for Healthcare, May 24 2010 IN THIS UPDATE: Indonesia Philippines Singapore
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