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STEPHEN GROFF

How small bites take a big chunk out of healthy economies and households

Staffs from Food and Environmental Hygiene Department use aerosol to kill mosquitos in the area around Tin Hang Estate in Tin Shui Wai, after a man was diagnosed to have been infected with Japanese Encephalitis. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Small bite - big threat." The theme of World Health Day is a timely reminder of the enormous harm caused by tiny creatures such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, mites, sandflies and freshwater snails.

7 Apr 2014 - 5:25AM

Myanmar must seek out partners for growth

Belgian Vice-Prime minister Didier Reynders (left) meets Myanmar Foreign minister U Wunna Maung Lwin prior to a meeting at the Palais Egmont in Brussels. Photo: AFP
6 Feb 2013 - 4:31AM

Myanmar: Asia's next growth story?

A boy sits near by while his parents plant rice seedlings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Yangon July 13, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
20 Aug 2012 - 8:33PM
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