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Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

A lack of campaign conversation around the risks of tobacco use worries health experts

Universal Health Care in Southeast Asia

Aging populations and rising health-care costs are creating a “golden opportunity” to build better health systems

Environment

Indonesia: Why Planetary Health Should Be on the Menu for the G20 Chair

President Joko Widodo has the opportunity to champion a "planetary health" approach

Governance

Indonesia's Foreign Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jakarta tests a new foreign policy strategy on the challenges created by COVID-19

Governance

COVID-19 and Democracy in Indonesia: Short-Term Stability and Long-Term Threats

The lasting implications of the pandemic could undermine the quality of Indonesian democracy

Governance

Indonesia Charts an Innovative Path on COVID-19 Vaccination

Poised for an ambitious vaccine rollout, the country must use all tools available to mitigate the worst of the pandemic

Governance

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

COVID-19 is a baptism by fire and highlights the need for an effective, durable disease control authority in the region

Governance

Why is Southeast Asia Responding Differently to COVID-19?

Fundamental differences and objectives between nation states in Southeast Asia influence their responses to COVID-19

Aging

Lessons From an Aging Asia

How will demographic shifts affect workforce, health care, gender equality, disaster response, and societal well-being?

Governance

Dr. Tom Frieden on the Politics of Epidemics

Health protection can fight disease, reduce economic losses, and save lives

Trade

The March of Private Health Care in Southeast Asia

How can a government achieve universal coverage for all citizens in a landscape where private care is deeply entrenched?

Migration

The Geopolitics of Polio in Southeast Asia

The risk of re-emergence highlights the looming political choices Southeast Asia now needs to make to protect its people

Trade

Southeast Asia’s Big Export to the World: Health Professionals

What long-term effect will the brain drain have on SE Asia, on top of a current shortfall of 700,000 doctors and nurses?