By Katherine Sliney Eastern China has become the epicenter of an outbreak of H7N9, a new strain of “bird flu” previously unknown to infect humans. Proven to be highly lethal, the most severe cases result in septic shock and organ failure…
By Richard Jackson and Tobias Peter As the world’s societies age, policymakers are trying to peer into the future and anticipate the retirement needs of tomorrow’s growing elderly populations. Nowhere is this more difficult to do than in emerging East…
The Leaderboard profiles the people behind the policies of the Asia-Pacific. This post features Nafsiah Mboi, Minister of Health for the Republic of Indonesia. Who is she? Nafsiah Mboi is a pediatrician and health activist who has been deeply involved…
