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A pregnant woman rests on the railway track in front of her home, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on February 4, 2016.
Poverty

Making AI Tools Work for Low-Resource Maternity Wards

by Suren Kanayan

A physician working in Cambodia argues that artificial intelligence can help improve maternal health outcomes, but only if accompanied by structural reforms

Workers prepare meals to be distributed free for students, during the free nutritious meals program trial, at a pilot kitchen in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, September 25, 2024.
Food

How Indonesia's Food System Can Weather Supply-Chain Shocks

by Ronald Tundang

Promoting diverse and affordable diets will keep Indonesia healthy through natural disasters, conflict, and disease outbreaks

Migration

Rohingya Exile and the Limits of Emergency Aid 

by Darren Cuthbert
A father and son, working to reclaim what remains of a home reduced to ash, douse smoldering earth with water after a fire tore through their section of the encampment, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on December 24, 2024.
Governance

Indonesia in the BRICS: What It Means for Global Health  

by Ivan Meidika Kurnia, Elizabeth Sarah Aryaputri
The Indonesian flag flies as people, wearing protective face coverings, wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Pakansari Stadium, in Bogor, Indonesia, on August 14, 2021.
Poverty

Cost-Effective Reforms to Save Mothers' Lives in Cambodia

by Suren Kanayan
Suang Sreang, 27, who is pregnant and due to give birth within days, waits to receive supplies at Wat Por Sovannaram refugee camp, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, on December 13, 2025.
Governance

Tobacco Control in Indonesia Hits Another Roadblock

by Miriam Bahagijo
Tobacco Control in Indonesia Hits Another Roadblock
Governance

Indonesia's Move to Eliminate Malaria

by Nabilah Kusuma Wardhani
Indonesia's Move to Eliminate Malaria
Food

The Philippines' Blind Spot for Alcohol

by Gianna Gayle Amul
The Philippines' Blind Spot for Alcohol
Governance

Universal Health Care in Southeast Asia

by Snehal A. Patel
Universal Health Care in Southeast Asia
Governance

Indonesia's Foreign Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Fitriani
Indonesia's Foreign Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Governance

Vietnam Ends "Zero-COVID"—Is It Too Soon?

by David Hutt
Vietnam Ends "Zero-COVID"—Is It Too Soon?
Governance

Southeast Asia Needs Its Own CDC

by Swee Kheng Khor, Jeremy Lim, Li Yang Hsu, Jemilah Mahmood
Firefighters wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at the National Monument area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 17, 2020. Photo shows several workers in bright red protective suits walking though an open area spraying from tanks they carry on their backs. A monument can be seen in the background. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Wahyu Putro