Mekong - U.S. Partnership
Fact Sheet: 2013 U.S. Engagement in the Lower Mekong Initiative
On July 1, Secretary of State John Kerry led the United States’ delegation to the Sixth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. LMI is the region’s only forum for addressing cross-border development and policy challenges facing the five Lower Mekong partner countries. LMI holds three official events and many…
Third Friends of the Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam Joint Ministerial Statement
On July 1, 2013, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the High Representative of the European Union, the Secretary General of ASEAN, and senior representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank joined the U.S. Secretary of State and Foreign Ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand,…
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GREEN Mekong Piques ASEAN Interest at Annual Social Forestry Event
The USAID-supported Grassroots Equity and Enhanced Networks in the Mekong (GREEN Mekong) Program participated in the 4th ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) Annual Conference “Village Forests, REDD+, Conservation and Livelihoods” on June 17-19 in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. Presenting to over 150 representatives in attendance from grassroots communities, national governments, civil society organizations and the…
SERVIR Mekong Request for Information Released
The Regional Environment Office has just released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform planning of a new activity, SERVIR Mekong. SERVIR is a global program supported by USAID and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The goal of SERVIR is to enhance climate adaptation and landscape management through the increased application of geospatial analysis. SERVIR helps build the capacity…
Cross-Border Malaria Collaboration in Lower Mekong Countries
Participants in the Ranong-Kawthaung Joint Surveillance Rapid Response Team (SRRT) workshop worked together on mapping exercises of surveillance and rapid responses in the twin-city counterparts, as well as the mode for cross-border communication. The joint workshop is aligned with the Trilateral Agreement (Ministry of Health (Myanmar), Thailand International Development Agency (TICA), and USAID) effort to promote collaboration…
Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) the Focus of Multi-Country Dialogue in Bangkok
Bangkok, 26 June 2013 - China's H7N9 avian flu outbreak and its implications for ASEAN and SAARC countries were the focus of a two day meeting in Bangkok, Thailand from 24-25 June, 2013. High-level representatives from Ministries of Health and Ministries of Agriculture from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam met…
Intensified Fake Medicine Surveillance in the Mekong
As part of its efforts to address quality problems with antimalarial medicines in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the Promoting the Quality of Medicines, implemented by the United States Pharmacopeia Convention, and its local partners have intensified their retail outlet surveillance activities in areas of suspicion of selling illegal, unregistered, and fake medicines as well…
Upgraded LMI Website Launched!
Welcome to the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) upgraded website! The upgraded website is designed to serve as LMI's knowledge management center in order to help address complex, transnational development, and policy challenges in the Lower Mekong sub-region. The LMI website along with its Twitter and Facebook sites feature the latest developments under LMI including news,…
The President’s Malaria Initiative – Mekong Cross-Border Activities in Chantaburi, Thailand
Cambodia: Twin-Cities cross-border collaboration meetings for malaria control and prevention are organized on a quarterly basis. On June 7, 2013, the Pailin, Cambodia Provincial Health Department hosted the gathering with the Chantaburi, Thailand Provincial Health Office. The participants shared information and developed a common work plan with achievable interventions along the border. Thai officials from Trat province and…
The President’s Malaria Initiative – Mekong Cross-Border Activities in Bokpyin Township, Myanmar
In Myanmar’s border-zone hotspots, one of CAP-Malaria’s activities combines raising malaria awareness with bed net distribution, to ensure better net usage. The picture below shows the January net distribution activity in Bokpyin Township, in the Tanintharyi Region. The intended audiences were given the long lasting insecticide treated bed nets with messaging on how the disease is transmitted…
