Monthly Archives: September 2009

Understanding the Thailand HIV/AIDS vaccine

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 25, 2009. Filed under Asia, NOT-China, News Items, Public Health. 4 Comments.
News and Background The big Asia public health news of the moment is the reporting of the world’s first successful HIV/AIDS vaccine trial. In the trial, started in 2006, of the 16, 395 Thai volunteers that participated half were put on a placebo, and the other half were given the vaccine, RV 144, a mix of [...]

China’s Healthcare Challenge

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 18, 2009. Filed under China, News Items, Public Health. 1 Comment.
This very good Al Jazeera report gives one a good sense of just how high the stakes are with China’s healthcare reforms. “The Chinese government is launching a $125bn, three-year plan to reform its healthcare system, hoping to expand basic coverage to 90 per cent of the population. But in a country where less than half of [...]

Cuttlefish and Chinese rice

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 17, 2009. Filed under News Items. No comments.
A big part of the reason I write is because my dad always made sure my room was stacked with books.  Even when we migrated to the United States and had no money to spare for any wants, he always made sure that he could buy me all sorts of encyclopedias (This was before the [...]

Rural China Love Story

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 16, 2009. Filed under China, Marketing Health, News Items. 2 Comments.
The happy ending in this GE commercial is more trumped up than the broadway dance number in Slumdog Millionaire – yet, I can’t help but like it.  I have seen plenty of young peasant boys in Beijing, but never have I seen a successful city girl give them so much as a glance. [...]

China Healthcare Reform; More Sun, Less Bear with a Flashlight

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 15, 2009. Filed under News Items. 3 Comments.
Dan Harris of China Law Blog  is hosting a guest post on China Healthcare by Micah Schwalb who has his own blog, Boulder2Beijing. Micah generously links to several of our posts during the course of his article.    I implore you to read his post - it is very good.  Then read my response, which is in [...]