According to the World Health Organization, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) requires that all people receive the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative health services th...
https://devpolicy.org/health-service-coverage-asia-and-the-pacific-swap-places-20240117/
Australia – and the Asia-Pacific region more broadly – has just lost one of its most gifted development economists. Dr Peter McCawley, AM, died peacefully in Canberra, Australia, on 18 July, ...
The latest World Obesity Atlas 2023 – yes, there is such a thing – has three important findings for countries globally, including those in the Asia-Pacific region. First, the prevalence of ob...
https://devpolicy.org/obesity-preparedness-in-asia-and-the-pacific-20230620/
My previous blog summarised some of the recent findings about the health, and broader development, impacts of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), highlighting the particular challenges for countries...
https://devpolicy.org/ncds-in-asia-and-the-pacific-economics-and-financing-and-20221122/
Several reports have been published recently on latest trends in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the “best buys” to prevent and treat them. The reports also highlight the particular chall...
https://devpolicy.org/ncds-in-asia-and-the-pacific-recent-findings-and-key-challenges-20221116/
What can developing countries learn about expanding and strengthening their own health systems from the experience of rich countries? A report released this month on the comparative performance o...
https://devpolicy.org/rich-country-health-care-systems-global-lessons-20210831/
Two recent reports have highlighted the damaging interactions between obesity, COVID-19, and development. This blog examines the often worrying implications for countries in Asia and the Pacific....
https://devpolicy.org/obesity-covid-19-and-the-asia-pacific-20210513-1/
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) National Statistical Office (NSO) recently released the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2016-2018 key indicators report. The survey on which this report is based wa...
https://devpolicy.org/new-health-statistics-for-png-20191031/
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has recently released its latest Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Key Indicators. The DHS report itself explains the purpose was, “to obtain and provide information on...
https://devpolicy.org/demographic-and-health-surveys-smart-aid-20191029/
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently identified ten threats to global health in 2019. This blog focuses on one of the ten: non-communicable diseases, or NCDs. The data in this blog dr...
https://devpolicy.org/smoking-on-the-rise-in-indonesia-and-other-recent-who-ncd-findings-20190313/