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Law on Medicines and Medical Products, 2011 [Lao PDR]
This Law determines the principles, rules and measures relating to the use, management, monitor and inspection of medicines and medical products with the aims to ensure the...
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Law on Alcoholic Control, 2014 [Lao PDR]
This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on the control, management, monitoring, and supervision of the production, import, sales, advertisement of alcoholic...
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Law on Health Coverage, 2018 [Lao PDR]
This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on the management, monitoring, and supervision of health coverage to ensure the implementation in a systematic,...
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Status Report on Fish Conservation Zones in Lao PDR
Fish Conservation Zones (FCZs) have been officially established throughout the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) as a community fisheries management strategy over the...
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8th Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2016–2020)
The 8th Five-Year National Socio-economic Development Plan (2016–2020) “8th NSEDP” is a mean to implement the resolutions of the 10th Party Conference that also emphasizes the...
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The Seventh Five-Year National Socio- Economic Development Plan (2011-2015) (Lao PDR)
The Seventh Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) is a continuation of the Sixth Five-Year Planand it has an important role in realizing the Ninth Party Congress Resolution, and is...
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Law on Tobacco Control, 2009 [Lao PDR]
This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on the control, management, monitoring, and supervision of the production, import, sales, advertisement of tobacco...
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Applying ICT to Health Information Systems (HIS) in Low Resource Settings: Implementing DHIS2 as an Integrated Health Information Platform in Lao PDR
In the 3 years since initial discussion on application of ICT for the Lao Health and Management Information System (HMIS) and initiation of the Lao Health Sector Reform process,...
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Lao PDR: The State of the World's Midwifery 2014
The State of the Worlds Midwifery (SoWMy) 2014: A Universal Pathway. A Womans Right to Health takes its inspiration from the United Nations Secretary-Generals Every Woman Every...
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Commodifying Sovereignty: Special Economic Zone and the Neoliberalization of the Lao Frontier
Laos has followed its Chinese neighbor in creating the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as part of the new economic engine that allows distinctive economic policies and flexible...
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Doing business in Lao PDR : constraints to productivity
New available data suggests that the business environment in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR) is not improving, and may be deteriorating. The main constraints to doing...
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Law on Social Security Schemes
This law aims to establish the social security scheme of the Kingdom of Cambodia to ensure equity and social solidarity and to promote the welfare and livelihood of the people....
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ASEAN Key Figures 2018
The ASEAN Key Figures 2018 is the inaugural issue of a new publication by the Statistics Division (ASEAN stats) of the ASEAN Secretariat. The publication provides...
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Adolescent and Youth Situation Analysis Lao People’s Democratic Republic “Investing in young people is investing in the future”
This report provides an overview of adolescents and youth in Lao PDR in areas like education, health, employment, and protection.
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United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) Phase III [2007-2013]
The report is organized into four key themes, i.e. capacity building and setting standards; promoting evidence-based programming and policy making; coordination, collaboration,...
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Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experiences 2014: A Study on Violence against Women
There is growing recognition globally and also in Lao PDR that VAW is a serious public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Yet in Lao PDR, VAW is culturally...
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Human Trafficking Snapshot: Lao PDR
This Human Trafficking Snapshot was developed to provide background for practitioners who want to conduct counter trafficking activities in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao...
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Broken promises shattered dreams a profile of child trafficking in the Lao PDR
This study, which profiles the phenomena of child trafficking, provides insight into the underlying factors and causes of trafficking. It identifies trafficking routes and...
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Global Monitoring Status of Action Against Sexual Exploitation of Children: Lao PDR
The publication provides information on national plans of action and policies on the protection of children. It also discusses prevention and protection approaches, specifically...
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The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Lao PDR
This study on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Lao PDR was commissioned through a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF...