| Nov |
It is a myth that the poor cannot pay for water
Floods in Thailand, rethinking the 200-year-old flush toilet, corporate approach to solving Asia’s water problems, decoding the ‘good practices’ in water governance, myths that plague healthcare in Asia, ripple effects of water woes… |
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The challenge for the modern city
Asian metropolises are, for the first time, in position to define the standards and vision of what is means to be modern |
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Gan Kim Yong calls for concerted efforts to fight chronic diseases
Fighting chronic diseases requires a concerted effort not only from the health sector but from society at large and government, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. |
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| More Singaporeans develop non-infectious diseases (Mandarin) |
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| Cooperation from various sides necessary to help prevent non-infectious diseases (Mandarin) |
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| Oct |
Rethinking the 200-year-old flush toilet
When he was a boy, Dr Seetharam Kallidaikurichi Easwaran would sometimes follow his grandfather to the river in the latter's village in Tamil Nadu every morning to take a dip. |
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| May |
Bringing humanity back into medicine
We've tilted too far toward a scientific basis of medicine - infusion of humanities will make us better doctors |
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| Apr |
Doctors as accidental leaders? No more
Healthcare in Asia needs chiefs who can straddle oft-divergent worlds of management, politics and medicine |
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3 myths that plague healthcare in Asia
Even in ideal circumstances, ensuring and enhancing the health of populations is a formidable undertaking. In the austere conditions that typify many Asian countries, this is even more difficult. |
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| Mar |
Plenty of water, if we are smart about it
Harvard don Peter Rogers has carved a career out of studying how to manage water efficiently, but even he had somethign to learn from a 77-year old cowboy - Stetson and all - on a bus ride in Lincoln, Nebraska. |
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Re-designing hospitals for the future
Asia developing countries cam avoid making the health care mistakes the West is now trying to reverse |
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| Feb |
Where innovation's a matter of life and death
Reverse innovation is the antidote to inflation that Asia's poorer masses need, for access to high-quality healthcare |
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