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Public Health in Asia and the Pacific IIAS

WebVivek Neelakantan ( [email protected]) Public Health in Asia and the Pacific. Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson. Routledge, 2008. 978-0-415-35962-7. …

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Medicine and health in Southeast Asia IIAS

WebNUS Press, 2012. 978 9971 69 639 9. The development of medicine in Southeast Asia over the past two centuries has not been a simple imposition of European scientific medicine, …

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What is in an ‘Asian’ Gene

WebIn Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and …

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Formation of Japanese-Western fusion cuisine in Modern …

WebBy the end of the Meiji period (around 1910), fusion cuisine evolved into a harmonious mixture of Western and Japanese culinary traditions. Fusion dishes created in modern …

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Chinese food: basic theories and diverse realities IIAS

WebThe basic concepts and theories of Chinese food science that exercised a profound influence on the diet and food culture of the Chinese were largely determined during the …

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The Forum on Health, Environment and Development …

WebSince 2008 FORHEAD has sought to strengthen the knowledge base for responding to environmental and health problems in China and promote the more effective uptake of …

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The status and role of AYUSH and local health traditions …

WebIndia is a land of great ecological, cultural, political and economic diversity. Its healthcare system reflects this diversity, both in its plural systems of health knowledge and practice …

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Public health and social progress

Web36 The Focus Public health and social progress Attention to social, economic, environmental and political determinants of health is not new. In the 19th century, …

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COVID-19 in Northeast Asia IIAS

WebThe Newsletter 87 Autumn 2020. Northeast Asia was the first region to experience the fear and uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 virus. Yet this earlier introduction to the …

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Cha-Hsuan Liu IIAS

WebGlobal Health Matters is a new series of conversations concerning health/wellbeing, the practice, and society from both regional and global perspectives. …

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Reinventing Martial Arts in the 21st Century: Eastern Stimulus, …

WebPeter Lang, 2023. 9781433182938. Based on over 15 years of research, this text proposes a new definition of the martial arts to examine how such fighting systems are being re-imagined and reconstructed beyond the arenas of combat and sport in the 21st century Western context. Taking the viewpoint of the martial arts as art forms open to

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In the spotlight: Cha-Hsuan Liu IIAS

WebCurrently I teach Multicultural Society, Health in Society, and Generations of Youth study at Utrecht University. This year, I am spending part of my time at IIAS as an affiliate fellow …

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State, Society and Health in Nepal IIAS

WebThis book focuses on health, healing and health care in Nepal. It presents an intriguing picture: the interplay between the natural processes that cause ill health or diseases and …

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The status and role of AYUSH and local health traditions in …

WebThe present public health system in India is rooted in its development during British rule. The first medical college was set up in 1822 in Calcutta, with a curriculum that was a mix …

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The politics of COVID-19 in China. Examining challenges in social

WebAlthough the Chinese government has managed to effectively control the virus at the state-level, ongoing debates resulting from COVID-19 are now strongly affecting China’s social …

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Tea and everyday life: observations from Chaoshan, Guangdong

WebThe first finding that became apparent to me was how deeply gongfu tea was integrated into the everyday lives of people of all kinds of social background.As one of my interviewees …

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From heritage to practice: Ayurveda in Delhi’s public …

WebThis heritage notion of Ayurveda is part of nationalist assertions, with a relatively recent global appeal, as a form of holistic treatment that includes body, mind and soul. …

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Nursing Shifts in Sichuan: Canadian Missions and Wartime China, …

WebNursing Shifts in Sichuan illuminates modern nursing as one of the most consequential additions to early-twentieth-century health care in China. In 1943, members of the elite …

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The Impact of Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal on Chinese Migrants

WebThe Newsletter 91 Spring 2022. Hong Kong is a magnet for Mainland Chinese migrants, particularly females, children, the elderly, and other non-skilled workers. Lacking economic and social resources, they tend to cluster in the city center, where building quality is poor but they can rely on social networks. Urban renewal is threatening these

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