Tonga has some difficult choices ahead about financing its health system, especially with the country’s alarmingly high rates of non-communicable diseases.

South Asia’s ‘green revolution’ saw the roll out of high-yield crops, improved technology and agricultural resources, but proper nutrition is still out of reach for many. It’s a situation that has seen an alarming rise in numbers of children with stunted growth, leading to an intergenerational problem influenced by gender-determined consumption patterns.

With more than 2000 swine flu deaths and 35,000 infections in India this year, could the country’s health system have done more to control the disease?

Indonesia’s economy is booming, but despite the rapid growth, clean drinking water and basic sanitation is still out of reach for many.

Feeding 9 billion people by 2050 will require much more than just producing extra food.

Access to clean water is a turbulent issue in the Philippines. Ally Adigue assesses a murky situation.