Migrant workers in south-east Asia lack access to fair, responsive legal remedies – UN report

Jul 28, 2017, at 04:56 am

New York, July 27(Just Earth News): Access to justice is often out of reach for migrant workers in South-east Asia, the United Nations labour agency reported on Thursday in a study that shows non-governmental organizations assisting more often than Government officials or trade unions.

UN agency hails new polio vaccination regimen in South-East Asia that curbs impact on global supply

Jan 13, 2017, at 01:55 pm

New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Amid a global shortage of injectable inactivated polio vaccines (IPV), a new inoculation regimen, employed by governments in the South-East Asian region, involving two fractional vaccine doses – each about a fifth of a full dose – provides the same level of protection against all polioviruses as does one full dose, the United Nations health agency said on Thursday.

As migration continues to accelerate in south-east Asia, UN health agency calls for a focus on migrants’ health

Sep 09, 2016, at 02:05 pm

New York, Sept 9 (Just Earth News): Noting greater vulnerability of the health of migrant populations, including heightened risks of infectious diseases, malnutrition, substance abuse and maternal and neonatal mortality, the United Nations health agency has urged a regional meeting of health officials in south-east Asia for an increased focus on their health needs.

As robotics advance in South-East Asia, investment needed to build skilled workforce – UN labour agency

Jul 08, 2016, at 12:12 pm

New York, July 8 (Just Earth News): The robot age is already a reality among manufacturers in South-East Asia, where countries have been incrementally introducing automation to improve quality, consistency, and workplace safety, with robots deployed in human-centric, collaborative ways to raise the productivity of higher skilled workers, rather than replace them, a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found.