MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...
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MANILA -- Measles cases went up 255% from 2022 to 2023 in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, an increase caused by gaps in vaccination coverage and disease surveillance and...
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Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unprepared, revealing society’s vulnerabilities, systemic fragility and lack of resilience. In 2020, the Data, Strategy...
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HIGHLIGHTS East Asia and the Pacific remains the most disaster-prone region in the world. In 2023, the region experienced cyclones, floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and drought as...
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The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as...
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HIGHLIGHTS East Asia and the Pacific remains the region most prone to natural hazards worldwide, with an average of 122 million people affected yearly throughout the region. This is severely...
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Health ministers and senior officials from countries and areas across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today endorsed a regional action framework to strengthen health...
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Overview Covering the period from July 2022 to June 2023, this Report highlights how WHO in the Western Pacific Region has worked to turn the hard lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic into a mandate to...
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Executive Summary This second paper, in the Beyond Marriage and Motherhood series, lays the foundation for a targeted approach to child marriage and adolescent pregnancy in Southeast Asia and the...
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Executive Summary This paper explores adolescent pregnancies, child marriages and early unions in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, by investigating their prevalence, trends, drivers, patterns and...
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Good mental health is integral to the well-being of everyone. Promoting and protecting mental health is also critical to a well-functioning society. The Regional Framework for the Future of Mental...
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Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
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For every child, vaccination Imunization is one of humanity’s most remarkable success stories. It has saved countless lives. Many more lives will be saved if the goals of the Immunization Agenda 2030...
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East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds Slowing global growth, commodity prices, financial tightening to weigh in 2023 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – Growth in developing...
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HIGHLIGHTS East Asia and the Pacific remains the region most prone to natural hazards worldwide, with an average of 122 million people affected yearly throughout the region. This is severely...
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State of Climate in South-West Pacific highlights increasing threat of climate change Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 November 2022 - Sea surface temperatures and ocean heat in parts of the South-West...
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East Asia and Pacific Sustaining Growth, Restraining Inflation, but Facing Risks Ahead WASHINGTON, September 26, 2022 – Growth in most of developing East Asia and the Pacific rebounded in 2022 from...
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Summary for policymakers Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions: Summary for Policymakers builds on ESCAP’s Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021, Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report...
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Opinion-Editorial: As the International Confederation of Midwives celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Regional Director for the United Nations Population Fund for the Asia and Pacific region, Björn...
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Introduction This report, released two years after COVID-19 began spreading around the world, considers how countries have been responding to this complex and still evolving pandemic, and highlights...