Mary Grace Aves is terrified of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, but the best weapons to protect her family - isolation and sanitation - are unreachable luxuries in the Manila shantytown they call home.The same particularly dangerous set of threats loom over hundreds of millions packed into Asia's massive slums, where staying clean is nearly impossible and people have to leave their homes daily to survive."It may be possible (to isolate) in other areas because they are rich.

According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2020, Myanmar has had the highest weather-related losses in the past two decades, alongside Puerto Rico and Haiti. It is said that Myanmar is also one of the most vulnerable countries at risk of climate crisis. The consequences of climate change can be seen around the world, with natural disasters and rising sea levels headlining global news.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased at an alarming rate globally. In 2016, the number of overweight children under the age of five was estimated to be over 41 million.Southeast Asia has seen an upward trend in childhood obesity during the last 10 to 15 years. An estimated 6.6 million children under five years are currently overweight in the region.

The novel coronavirus can survive on surfaces or in the air for several hours, according to a US-government funded study published Tuesday.Scientists found that the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease had similar levels of viability outside the body to its predecessor that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).This means that factors like greater transmission between people with no symptoms might be why the current pandemic is far greater than the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003.The n

As of 17 March 2020, over 180,000 people around the world have been infected with the deadly COVID-19, a type of coronavirus related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Some countries such as Italy, Spain, the Philippines and Malaysia have imposed lockdowns or movement control over virus fears.

As of 16 March 2020, over 100,000 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Globally, more than 6,000 deaths have been recorded. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a pandemic, which has resulted in lockdowns of countries and cities such as Italy and Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Leading global professional services company, Accenture, recently released a report on the perception of equality held by leaders and employees. The report found that a significant gap exists between the way leaders and employees view progress towards equality in their organisations. The findings are based on a global survey of more than 30,000 professionals in 28 countries including Indonesia.

For reasons unknown, children rarely have severe symptoms when infected by COVID-19 and may even be a bit less likely to get the disease in the first place, experts have said. But that doesn't mean infants, toddlers and teens are not carriers for the new coronavirus, which jumped from animals to humans in central China at the end of last year.As of Friday, there were over 140,000 confirmed cases in 124 countries, with more than 5,000 deaths.Experts estimate that the true number

As the rest of the world is engulfed in the coronavirus pandemic, China says it has turned the tide against the disease that has killed thousands of people.From initial attempts to cover up the outbreak to later locking down cities and now declaring it "basically curbed", here is a look at how China grappled with COVID-19:Mystery virusThe first case emerged in the central city of Wuhan on 8 December before several workers at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market began to fall sick with a

With malaria and tuberculosis (TB) screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back, health worker Htan Pi and her shaman mother are an unlikely double-act in their isolated Myanmar village.Their family have been the local healers for generations in the northern community of Satpalaw Shaung near the Indian border. This is Naga territory, a tribal region of former headhunters with myriad languages and customs still largely based on animist beliefs.But trainee Htan Pi, 24, is