Health

Vanuatu critical of 'disorganized' aid efforts after cyclone

Warns the island nation in critical need of clean water and food

Pakistan gunmen shoot dead two polio workers, guard

The country recorded 306 cases of polio last year, by far the highest number in the world

Fears of food shortages in Vanuatu as huge storm damage revealed

Communications with many of the 80 islands in the archipelago still down

South Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide

App detects keywords used by children on social networks, in messages or Internet searches on smartphones

Pakistani polio vaccinators risk all to help children

Confirmed polio cases jumped from 58 in 2012 to 306 in 2014, coinciding with increased attacks on polio workers

Hundreds arrested in Pakistan for polio vaccination refusal

Peshawar authorities urge parents to immunize children amid falsified information

Fighting disease and discrimination: Vietnam’s leprosy survivors

Panic spreads as swine flu deaths rise in India

Fatalities pass the 800 mark, lack of awareness stokes fears

Study finds high incidence of depression, PTSD among trafficking survivors

Traumatic conditions endured by trafficking victims in Southeast Asia inflict immense psychological toll

Vietnam's binge-drinking problem

New crop of 'beer clubs' raises concerns over the country's tendency toward excess alcohol consumption

Probe begins after 32 deaths in Bangladesh hospital

Officials seek to calm the public as outrage grows

'Banned' group thrives in Pakistan

Jamaat-ud-Dawa operates health and education facilities across Pakistan, where it is hugely popular for its charitable work