Environmental Toxicology in Addressing Public Health Challenges in East Asia

Environmental and Ecological Extra Challenges in Minority Populations; a Tale of Toxic Exposures among First Nation Populations

Applications of Environmental Epidemiology in Addressing Public Health Challenges in East Asia

1Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan 2Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan 3United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, UKMMedical Centre, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School o...

Changing epidemiology of dengue in South-East Asia.

The burden of dengue and its potential threat to global health are now globally recognized, with 2.5 billion people at risk worldwide. The pathogenesis of severe dengue is particularly intriguing with the involvement of different immune factors. Also, the epidemiology of dengue in South-East Asia is undergoing a change in the human host, the dengue virus and the vector bionomics. Shift in affec...

The Chronicle of Arsenic Poisoning in the 19th Century

Vector-borne diseases in South-East Asia: burdens and key challenges to be addressed.

World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. Each year a theme is selected that highlights a priority area of public health. It provides an opportunity for individuals in every community to get involved in activities that can lead to better health. World Health Day 2014 focuses on vector-borne diseas...