CDC Health Information for Travelers to Southeast Asia (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/seasia.htm)
Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling to Southeast Asia. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Land Mine Awareness Education (LMAE). (http://www.pitt.edu/%7Eginie/lm/welcome.html)
Presents information about land mine awareness, provided as part of the Global Information Network in Education (GINIE), a project of the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Explains that GINIE assists governments and international organizations in providing educational services to citizens and refugees of nations in emergency or post-emergency transition. Offers access to educational materials developed for people in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan, Angola, Croatia, El Salvador, Laos, Mozambiquie, Yemen, and Zaire. Offers access to an online forum. Includes personal stories related to land mine awareness. Contains information about child amputees, developmental disabilities, and psychological disorders. Links to the home page of GENIE and sites related to mines.
Laos: Consular Information Sheet (http://travel.state.gov/laos.html)
The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the U.S. Department of State presents a consular information sheet for Laos. The bureau includes information about the embassy location, entry requirements, customs regulations, crime, criminal penalties, medical facilities, traffic safety, and more.
UXO LAO (http://www.uxolao.org/)
National agency established in 1996 by Prime Ministerial decree responsible for "unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and education in the Lao PDR." Provides information about problems surrounding unexploded ordnance and government efforts at clearance in the program, history of the organization, case studies, map of UXO LAO operations, and photo galleries.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Laos (http://www.usaid.gov/regions/ane/newpages/one%5Fpagers/laos01a.htm)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presents a fact sheet that focuses on its economic and humanitarian assistance programs in Laos. This fact sheet is part of a series of fact sheets concerning Asia and the Near East. USAID includes background information, a description of various program objectives, and highlights of program accomplishments, as well as a table summarizing actual budget expenditures for 1999. Links to news sources and other related sites are provided.
World Health Organization: Lao People's Democratic Republic (http://www.who.int/country/lao/en/)
Website of the World Health Organization (WHO) provide access to information about health initiatives, progams, and warnings. The site also includes statistics and information about disease outbreaks in Laos.
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