Glob Health Action. 2015; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368.
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Special Issue: ASEAN Integration and its Health Implications Copyright © 2015 Global Health Action This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25856
Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN Hoang Van Minh, 1,*† Nicola Suyin Pocock, 2,*† Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, 3,4,5 Chhea Chhorvann, 6 Ha Anh Duc, 7 Piya Hanvoravongchai, 8 Jeremy Lim, 9 Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III, 10,11 Nawi Ng, 12 Natalie Phaholyothin, 13 Alay Phonvisay, 14 Kyaw Min Soe, 15 and Vanphanom Sychareun16 1 Department of Health Economics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK 3 School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 4 Center of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand 5 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia 6 National Institute of Public Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 7 Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam 8 Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 9 Health and Life Sciences Practice, Oliver Wyman, New York, NY, USA 10 Department of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, PR China 11 Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines (Open University), Los Baños, Philippines 12 Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 13 The Rockefeller Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand 14 National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR 15 Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 16 University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR * Correspondence to: Hoang Van Minh, Department of Health Economics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam, Email:
[email protected]; Nicola Suyin Pocock, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Aug 27; Revised 2014 Oct 31; Accepted 2014 Nov 1. Copyright © 2014 Hoang Van Minh et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Design
Results
Conclusions
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Results
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Progress of UHC in the ASEAN countries
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Political commitments to UHC in ASEAN countries
Major barriers to achieving UHC in ASEAN countries
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Table 4
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ASEAN integration and UHC
How can UHC be fully achieved in ASEAN countries?
Conclusions
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Conflict of interest and funding
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25110
Innovations in non-communicable diseases management in ASEAN: a case series Jeremy Lim, 1,* Melissa M. H. Chan, 1 Fatimah Z. Alsagoff, 2 and Duc Ha3 1 Health and Life Sciences Practice, Asia Pacific Region, Oliver Wyman, Singapore 2 Vriens and Partners, Singapore 3 Secretarial and Coordination Division, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam * Correspondence to: Jeremy Lim, 8 Marina View #09-07, Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Jun 4; Revised 2014 Aug 18; Accepted 2014 Aug 21. Copyright © 2014 Jeremy Lim et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Objective
Design
Results
Conclusions
The need for NCD health care innovation in ASEAN
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Objectives of the study
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Methods
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Design
Participants and setting
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Data collection
Analysis and validation
Results
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Basic characteristics of the case studies of innovation
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Table 6
Table 4
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Analysis
Theme 1: Encourage better outcomes through leadership and support
Table 7
Theme 2: Strengthen inter-disciplinary partnerships
Theme 3: Community ownership is key
Theme 4: Recognise the needs of the people and what appeals to them
Theme 5: Raise awareness through capacity building and increasing health literacy
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Strengths of the study
Limitations of the study
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Build an Asian databank of innovations for addressing the growing burden of diseases arising from NCD
Introduce platforms for innovators to engage with each other, funders, and policy makers
Support the NCD management innovators in bringing from SEED to SCALE and building up sustainable business models
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Glob Health Action. 2015; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v8.25749
Universal health coverage in ‘One ASEAN’: are migrants included? Ramon Lorenzo Luis R. Guinto, 1,* Ufara Zuwasti Curran, 2 Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, 3,4 and Nicola S. Pocock 4 1Universal Health Care Study Group, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines 2Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
3International Health Policy Programme, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 4Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
*Correspondence to: Ramon Lorenzo Luis R. Guinto, Block 6, Lot 43, Ilang-ilang St., Ceris II, LEDC Subdivision, Canlubang, Calamba City 4028, Philippines, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editors: Heiko Becher, University of Hamburg, Germany; Nawi Ng, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Aug 16; Revised 2014 Oct 6; Accepted 2014 Oct 11. Copyright © 2015 Ramon Lorenzo Luis R. Guinto et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Design
Results
Conclusions
Health, well-being, and rights of migrants in ASEAN
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Worldwide momentum for universal health coverage – are migrants included?
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Methodology
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Results
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Migration trends and policies in ASEAN
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Migrant inclusion in UHC among ASEAN countries Receiving countries
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Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Sending countries
Philippines
Indonesia
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Redefining UHC for migrants
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UHC and migrant health as part of ASEAN's social protection agenda
UHC – including undocumented migrants?
Harnessing ASEAN's open dialogue approach to advance migrant health
Migrant health and UHC – a new research agenda
Conclusions
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The ASEAN economic community and medical qualification Jathurong Kittrakulrat, 1 Witthawin Jongjatuporn, 1 Ravipol Jurjai, 1 Nicha Jarupanich, 1 and Krit Pongpirul2,3,4,* 1 Medical Students for Health Systems and Services (MS-HSS), Thailand Research Center for Health Services System (TRC-HS), Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 3 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA 4 Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand * Correspondence to: Krit Pongpirul, 1873 Rama IV Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 May 13; Revised 2014 Aug 13; Accepted 2014 Aug 14. Copyright © 2014 Jathurong Kittrakulrat et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
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Design
Results
Conclusions
Table 1
Methods
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Results
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Table 2
Discussion
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Conclusion
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Standard acknowledgements
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Conflict of interest and funding
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.24919
Horizontal inequity in public health care service utilization for non-communicable diseases in urban Vietnam Vu Duy Kien, 1,2,* Hoang Van Minh, 1,3 Kim Bao Giang, 1,3 Lars Weinehall, 2 and Nawi Ng2 1 Center for Health System Research, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 3 Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam * Correspondence to: Vu Duy Kien, Center for Health System Research, Hanoi Medical University, No.1, Ton That Tung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, Email:
[email protected] Received 2014 May 15; Revised 2014 Jul 3; Accepted 2014 Jul 4. Copyright © 2014 Vu Duy Kien et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Design
Results
Conclusion
Methods
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Study setting
Study design and data collection
Sample size and sampling
Variables
Measurement of wealth index
Indirect health care need standardization
Marginal effects
Health inequality analysis
Table 1
Ethical considerations
Results
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Poor–rich distribution of public health care utilization and their determinants
Table 2
Marginal effects of determinants
Table 3
Horizontal equity
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
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Conclusion and recommendations
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Policy processes underpinning universal health insurance in Vietnam Bui T. T. Ha, 1,* Scott Frizen, 2 Le M. Thi, 1 Doan T. T. Duong, 1 and Duong M. Duc 1 1 Department of Reproductive Health, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 Department of Arts and Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China * Correspondence to: Bui T. T. Ha, Hanoi School of Public Health, 138 Giang Vo, Badinh, Hanoi, Vietnam, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 May 14; Revised 2014 Aug 17; Accepted 2014 Aug 21. Copyright © 2014 Bui T. T. Ha et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
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Table 1
Results
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1990s: Agenda setting and development of the first HI policy in the context of non-experience and non-precedence Context
Policy development/actors
Content of Decree 299/1992
Policy implementation/actor involvement
From 1998 to present: UHI policy process: incremental processes with learning-by-doing approach Context
Content
Policy process/actors involvement
Implementation
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Incremental policy processes with learning-by-doing approach
Influence of political economy factors, progressive universalism toward UHI
Conclusions
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.24913
Has decentralisation affected child immunisation status in Indonesia? Asri Maharani1,2,* and Gindo Tampubolon2 1Medical Faculty, University of Brawijaya, Indonesia 2Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
*Correspondence to: Asri Maharani, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeâ University, Sweden. Received 2014 May 13; Revised 2014 Jul 25; Accepted 2014 Jul 28. Copyright © 2014 Asri Maharani and Gindo Tampubolon This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Objective
Design
Results
Conclusion
Data and methods
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Data
Immunisation status measure
Table 1
Fiscal decentralisation measure
Household-level determinants
District-level determinants
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Missing data
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Table 3
Table 4
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Conclusions
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Appendix
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Appendix 1
Appendix 2
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Conflict of interest and funding
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25169
Obesogenic television food advertising to children in Malaysia: sociocultural variations See H. Ng, 1 Bridget Kelly, 2 Chee H. Se, 1 Karuthan Chinna, 3 Mohd Jamil Sameeha, 4 Shanthi Krishnasamy, 1 Ismail MN, 5 and Tilakavati Karupaiah1,* 1Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2Early Start Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
3Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4Nutrition Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5Nutrition & Dietetics Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiTM, Puncak Alam, Malaysia *Correspondence to: Tilakavati Karupaiah, Dietetics Program, School of Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Jun 11; Revised 2014 Jul 11; Accepted 2014 Jul 28. Copyright © 2014 See H. Ng et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Objectives
Design
Results
Conclusions
Methods
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TV channel identification
Data sampling
Data coding
Table 1
Data interpretation
Statistical analysis
Results
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Food advertising patterns: normal days versus school holidays
TV food advertising during children's peak versus non-peak viewing times
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Food advertising exposure by ethnicity
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Persuasive techniques
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.24937
Human resources for health: task shifting to promote basic health service delivery among internally displaced people in ethnic health program service areas in eastern Burma/Myanmar Sharon Low, 1 Kyaw Thura Tun, 1 Naw Pue Pue Mhote, 2,3,* Saw Nay Htoo, 2 Cynthia Maung, 2,4,5 Saw Win Kyaw, 4 Saw Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, 6 and Nicola Suyin Pocock 7 1 Community Partners International, Mae Sot, Thailand 2 Burma Medical Association, Mae Sot, Thailand 3 Health Information System Working Group, Mae Sot, Thailand 4 Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT), Mae Sot, Thailand 5 Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand 6 Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW), Mae Sot, Thailand 7 Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK * Correspondence to: Naw Pue Pue Mhote, Health Information Systems Working Group and Burma Medical Association, P.O. Box 156, Mae Sot Tak 63110, Thailand, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 May 16; Revised 2014 Jul 21; Accepted 2014 Jul 30. Copyright © 2014 Sharon Low et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Background
Methods
Findings
Conclusion
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Box 1. EHOs and CBHOs in Karen/Kayin State
Data and methods
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Findings
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Density of HRH
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Systematic and rigorous training
Primary health care service delivery
Level of cooperation and systematic approach to task shifting
Perception of task shifting among health workers
Discussion
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Task shifting ensures equitable access – health for all
Task shifting and its relation to national HRH
Recognition of parallel health systems
Health systems reform in Burma/Myanmar and its relation to ASEAN integration
Limitations and strengths of the study
Conclusion
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25201
Medical tourism in Malaysia: how can we better identify and manage its advantages and disadvantages? Meghann Ormond, 1,* Wong Kee Mun, 2 and Chan Chee Khoon3 1 Cultural Geography Chair Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 Centre for Population Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Correspondence to: Meghann Ormond, Cultural Geography Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Jun 14; Revised 2014 Aug 15; Accepted 2014 Aug 15. Copyright © 2014 Meghann Ormond et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Proponents’ perspective
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Critics’ perspective
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Glob Health Action. 2014; 8: 10.3402/gha.v8.27368. Published online 2015 Jan 27. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25134
Disasters, resilience, and the ASEAN integration Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, III 1,2,* 1 Department of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China 2 Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines (Open University), Los Baños, Philippines * Correspondence to: Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, Room P516D, Department of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Jun 7; Revised 2014 Aug 6; Accepted 2014 Aug 7. Copyright © 2014 Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Role of occupational health in managing non-communicable diseases in Brunei Darussalam Pg Khalifah Pg Ismail1 and David Koh2,3,* 1 Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 2 Occupational Health and Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 3 SSH School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Correspondence to: David Koh, PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam BE 1410, Email:
[email protected] Responsible Editor: Peter Byass, Umeå University, Sweden. Received 2014 Jul 29; Revised 2014 Oct 14; Accepted 2014 Oct 14. Copyright © 2014 Pg Khalifah Pg Ismail and David Koh This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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