The ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) constitute an economic powerhouse, yet these countries also harbor a mostly hidden burden of poverty and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Almost 200 million people live in extreme poverty in ASEAN countries, mostly in the low or lower middle-income countries of Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Viet Nam, and Cambo...

Arbitration under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) would be the most effective resolution method and would lead to the most favorable outcome for the Philippines against China in the South China Sea (SCS) Dispute. The Philippines will likely not pursue adjudication in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) because the court would likely grant sovereign...

The expansion of the Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic capacity appears to be driven by digital factors. Current research analyses digitalization processes in ASEAN, determines strategy for integration block, provides with relevant dynamics level indicators. analysis indicators revealed rapidly growing dissemination information and communication technologies dynamic developme...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a confederation of 10 sovereign states occupying approximately 1.7 million square miles of Southeast Asia with an estimated population of just under 630 million. Southeast Asia continues to have one of the world's highest rates of cervical cancer-related death. Organised training in cervical cancer screening is essential but lacking in low t...

The prevailing burden of the diabetes epidemic and its associated complications poses a substantial threat to socioeconomic development worldwide. This crisis is magnified in developing and recently-developed nations including countries in south-east Asia. Estimates from the International Diabetes Federation suggest an inverse relationship between the economic status of a country and the rise o...

This paper maps emerging trends and South-South cooperation in regional knowledge networks through a bibliometric analysis of avian influenza research Southeast Asia, between 2004 2019. The findings indicate that substantial output involving researchers organisations the region was generated. However, wide disparities countries existed, both terms participation network, which largely driven by ...

The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of published and unpublished research investigating the prevalence of Traditional Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) use in the general and clinical population in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Results found that the use of TCAM was the highest in Malaysia (55.6%), followed by Singapore (among o...

BACKGROUND Understanding behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is of great importance for CVD prevention and control. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence, risk awareness and health beliefs of behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease among university students in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. METHODS In a cross-sect...

In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), member states recognise need for multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder engagement on climate change, but participation non-state actors in regional processes remains limited. This research focuses case study three transnational governance networks change ASEAN their efforts to participate mechanisms. Data from semi-structured interviews netw...