Dengue continues to pose a threat to public health in our region. This threat has been recognized...

Food safety is a key component of public health. Ill health outcomes due to foodborne infectious ...

Preceded by: Immunization safety surveillance prepared by Osman Mansoor, Susan Shin, Chris Maher ...

On 21 May 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco C...

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed...

This Road Map provides a plan for specific and coordinated action to address the potential threat...

This document contains a Regional Action Plan to operationalize the Global Action Plan for the pr...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a public health issue in 28 countries and areas in the Wes...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) elimination and control efforts are recognized as one of the m...

It is estimated that approximately 32% of all suicide deaths have occurred in the Western Pacific...

'This report was prepared by Julie Byles, Cassie Curryer, Natalie Edwards, Natasha Weaver, Cate D...

Overweight and obesity have become urgent global health issues in recent decades. Globally, the n...

This report documents the good practices in harm reduction programs in Malaysia and the progress ...

A newborn infant dies every two minutes in the Western Pacific Region. Some 230,000 newborn infan...

Based on a review of available literature this monograph explores the links between poverty and n...

This project identified countries in the Asia Pacific Region that have population-level surveilla...

The purpose of this toolkit consisting of 7 booklets is to provide nurses and midwives with tools...

'Report prepared by the Thematic Working Group on Water, Hygiene and Sanitation for the Second Ea...

This report deals with women's health in the Western Pacific Region. It shows that women and girl...

This book and CD-ROM package describes the priority health sector interventions recommended to ac...

Cambodia faced one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in Asia in the mid-1990s. Within five yea...

Traditionally, little attention has been paid to sex and gender differences in infectious disease...

This report was prepared for the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment held 6-8 O...

This publication collates the topics covered during the three workshops organized jointly by the ...

The Western Pacific Regional Food Safety Strategy 2011-2015 has contributed to good progress in f...

Presents detailed richly illustrated guidelines for the planning and design of district hospitals...

This book calls for a bold transformation of health care and health systems in the 21st century. ...

The book catalogues the 200 species of medicinal plants most commonly used in traditional Vietnam...

A series of three modules for use in the continuing education of nurses focused on problems relat...

Gives nurse managers and nurse educators practical advice on how to assess nursing needs for the ...

Catalogues the 150 species of medicinal plants most commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine...

Now in its second edition, 'Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature' has been extensively revised follo...

A manual providing a basic training course for student nurses and other health workers in the qua...

Harm reduction is a comprehensive package of policies and programmes to reduce the adverse health...

The regional agenda features a phased approach to achieve the four objectives: (1) strengthen eff...

This annual report provides information on the state of tuberculosis control in the Region. It co...

This project was undertaken to produce a Sourcebook to support the integration of poverty and gen...

This document is a call to action and a road map to halt the HIV and hepatitis epidemics among pe...

This publication provides countries with practical guidelines for planning population-based surve...

APSED is a strategic framework for building sustainable national and regional capacities and part...

Contracting is a tool that is playing an increasing role in many health systems. Although contrac...

Reports the findings and recommendations of a working group convened to prepare guidelines for th...

'Design Guidelines for Blood Centres' will serve as a tool for authorities responsible for develo...

This training material is targeted primarily at government officials, with the view that training...

A practical manual for the prevention and control of 10 cancers commonly found in countries of th...

This policy brief proposes a framework with a series of actions that are based on the literature ...

This handbook has been prepared for the guidance of practitioners involved in the policy-making o...

This regional framework provides a reference point for action primarily for national governments ...