Staff from the Clean Agriculture Centre, a division of the Agriculture Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, on Wednesday visit growers in Huayseth village, Pakxong district, Champasak province, to explain environmentally-friendly forms of chilli cultivation. --Photo Pathetlao

Members of the Huaphan Provincial People’s Council on Wednesday give 15 bicycles to three secondary schools for use by pupils who live in remote areas, enabling them to get to school more quickly. The bicycles were provided by the China Foundation for Rural Development.                       --Photo Education Science and Sport News

Teachers and students at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Health Sciences in Vientiane on Wednesday visit a secondary school in Thaphabath district, Bolikhamxay province, to teach children about healthy food choices.       --Photo Faculty of Pharmacy UHS Laos

Senior officials from the Ministry of Health, the US Embassy in Laos, and the World Health Organisation attend a graduation ceremony for 16 participants of the Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Vientiane on May 21. The one-year programme, established in 2009, aims to strengthen epidemiological and outbreak response capacity among public health staff across Laos. The course combines classroom learning with practical field investigations into communicable disease outbreaks and public health emergencies. The programme is implemented by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and supported by the World Health Organization in Laos.