Laos-Australia partnership launched with major investment in dengue research

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. - Laotian Times

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Australia has committed AUD3 million (US$2 million) in financial support this year to advance research combating dengue fever in Laos through Monash University’s World Mosquito Programme.

This marks the initial step in a series of projects anticipated to emerge from the recently established “comprehensive partnership” between Laos and Australia.