Blog Archives: Lao PDR

June 5, 2012-

Cecile Lantican, Ph.D., MID-BCC Country Coordinator Lao PDR, supported a teacher training on the Lao government's Guidelines on Prevention of Infectious Diseases in School in Luang Prabang May 21-23. The workshop was attended by 32 teachers, school administrators and health care workers.

In our past community-based activities in Lao PDR, we learned that the village teacher as a community leader is at the center of community development activities among village people. The village teacher is able to motivate people and earns respect in the community. More...

May 9, 2012-

Cecile Lantican, MID-BCC Country Coordinator Lao PDR, facilitated an advocacy training workshop May 2 and 3 for 22 government staff members from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MOAF) in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

Advocacy is a nuanced communication strategy and an important first step in creating behavior change among communities and organizations. Advocacy is well-developed and expertly executed in many countries and cultures, especially in the West. There are some cultures where it is not considered appropriate to advocate for a cause or an issue…and some governments look less kindly on non-governmental advocacy activities. More...

April 4, 2012 -

Cecile Lantican, MID-BCC Country Coordinator LAO PDR revisits the wet markets and green markets prior to Pi Mai (Lao New Year) in Vientaine, Lao PDR where risk reduction campaigns for the H5N1 virus were conducted.

I find this project activity very interesting. All my life, the market has been a significant part of my role as a mother --- and now as a country manager of an infectious diseases project.

I always go to the market to buy fresh fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and other commodities to suit my requirements in preparing food for my family, but I never realized that the market means more than a place where exchange of commodities and services takes place. More...