Tag: Smoking
NZ plans ‘fairer’ health sector shake-up – DHBs scrapped, new Māori...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
New Zealand is scrapping district health boards and creating a new Māori health agency in a radical "fairer...
High Indonesian smoking rate factor in highest coronavirus death rate
By Natasia Christy Wahyuni in Jakarta
Indonesia currently has the highest covid-19 coronavirus mortality rate in Asia - between 8–9 percent - owing to its...
Uncertainty surrounds implementation of Duterte’s smoking ban
BACKGROUNDER: By Jerome P. Villanueva in Manila
Uncertainty surrounds the effectiveness of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ban on smoking.
In an executive order titled E026, Duterte...
