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Archive for February, 2012
 

 
 

Understanding the Thailand HIV/AIDS vaccine

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 w...
by Damjan Denoble
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China’s Healthcare Challenge

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...
by Damjan Denoble
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Cuttlefish and Chinese rice

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 ...
by Damjan Denoble
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Rural China Love Story

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 ...
by Damjan Denoble
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China Healthcare Reform; More Sun, Less Bear with a Flashlight

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...
by Damjan Denoble
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