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Category Archives: Health
PM Khurelsukh Resigns Suddenly
By Julian Dierkes Over 30 years of Mongolia’s democratic history we have seen a lot of surprising developments. By comparison, recent months seemed relatively calm. The Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) cruised to a first-ever consecutive election victory, seemingly on the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mongolian People's Party, Party Politics, Politics, Presidential 2021, Protest, Social Movements
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Interview with B Tsogtbaatar: Public Health and COVID-Response
By Julian Dierkes Dr. TSOGTBAAYAR Byambaa earned his PhD from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2014. He received his MSc in Health Administration and International Health Policy from the University of Colorado in … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Public Service, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa
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Ministers in Khurelsukh’s Cabinet
By Julian Dierkes, Marissa Smith and Bulgan Batdorj Byambajav has already provided a brief introduction to the 16 ministers who have been appointed to PM Khurelsukhs post-2020-election cabinet. Since a number of them are not MPs and have not been … Continue reading
Guest Post: Personal Experience of National Quarantine during COVID 19
By Zorigtkhuu B Although there were some strict measures by the government to combat the deadly virus in Mongolia, it had been so nice to come back to my home country after a few years of being away. The capital … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Health, Law, Media and Press, Politics, Social Issues, Zorigtkhuu Bat-Erdene
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Coronavirus and Mongolia
By Bulgan B [Updated on March 16, 2020] Three more cases of covid-19 registered on March 16, 2020 (UTC +8 Mongolia). They were on the government’s chartered flight from Seoul to UB, and the ministry was aware of the health … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Health, Ikh Khural 2020, Mongolia and ...
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Challenges Arising from Growing National Herd
By Julian Dierkes On an August 2018 trip to Western Mongolia, I heard a lot of countryside reports that the value of animal products, especially meat, is rapidly declining, exacerbating poverty, unemployment, migration to towns and cities, etc. When you … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Diversification, Flooding, Grassland, Health, Infrastructure
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False Dzud Alarms
By Julian Dierkes Periodically, parts of the Mongolian countryside experience heavy snowfall at the end of a long, cold winter. These conditions combine to deny animals access to any kind of grass under the masses of snow when they are … Continue reading
Guest Post: Negative Income Tax II – Advantages and Disadvantages
By Ulrich Andree Note: This is the second of three articles. For the extended original article see LinkedIn. The previous post focused on redistribution and the concept of an NIT. The final article will focus on the implementation of an NIT … Continue reading
Funny Thing Happened Last Week: John Oliver, Dalai Lama, Mongolia
By Julian Dierkes One of the reasons I encourage graduate students to be strategic about communicating their research results is that you never know when and on what topic the public comes knocking on your door. Sometimes the public comes … Continue reading
Posted in Curios, Dalai Lama, Health, Media and Press, Pop Culture, Social Issues, Social Media, United States
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Berkeley Conference “Deadly Modernity”
By Julian Dierkes The Mongolia Initiative at UC Berkeley’s Institute of East Asian Studies hosted a conference entitled “Deadly Modernity: The Environmental Crisis Behind Mongolia’s Swift Development” March 10-12, 2016. I don’t think anyone was tweeting from the conference, but … Continue reading
Presidential Election Platforms
[This post was researched and co-written by Brian White at The Mongolist blog.] A cursory examination of the platforms of all three presidential candidates (incumbent Ts Elbegdorj, Member of Parliament B Bat-Erdene, and Minister of Health N Udval) gives the … Continue reading
Book: Change in Democratic Mongolia – Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining
A new edited volume of social science research on contemporary Mongolia. Continue reading
Posted in Book: Change in Democratic Mongolia, Canada, Civil Society, Corruption, Democracy, Development, Environment, Environment, Gender, Grassland, Health, Law, Mining, Mining, Nomadism, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy, Politics, Population, Regulation, Religion, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Social Movements, Society and Culture
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Population Health Inequities Resulting from Mining
On-going projects on the impact of mining on population health. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Inequality, Mining, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa
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Guest Post: Mongolian Medical Tourism Industry on the Rise
More and more people are traveling to receive medical care abroad. This is true of Mongolians as well and researchers from SFU are exploring the impact of this medical tourism on local health care systems. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Tourism, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa
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Air pollution in Ulaanbaatar reaches alarming levels
An article published by Canadian and Mongolian researchers last week argues that nearly 10 percent of Ulaanbaatar city’s total mortality are attributable to outdoor air pollution. The article shows that a major source of air pollution in the city is … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, Environment, Health, Social Issues, Ulaanbaatar
Tagged BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan
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