» Thailand partners with U.S. and Lao PDR to fight malaria

Thailand, Lao PDR and the U.S. are joining forces to fight malaria. Health workers have completed the first in a series of trilateral trainings aimed at ending malaria in the region.

Southeast Asia is the region with the second-highest number of malaria cases in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which called the mosquito-borne disease “a serious and persistent threat to public health.”

Thailand has one of the strongest public health sectors of any developing nation and has made strong gains in its fight against malaria. Although it is rare to find malaria cases in places such as Bangkok, Thailand’s…