Regional Framework for Reproductive Health in the Western Pacific provides guidance for decision-makers and national program managers in planning and designing reproductive health programs. Reproductive health program integration is emphasized…

Part of a series which examines the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health policies and programmes, this book focuses on poverty and gender concern in the prevention, and treatment…

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development…

Environmental determinants of health are responsible for more than a quarter of the burden of disease in the Western Pacific Region. Communicable and noncommunicable disease, disability and death result from…

This report deals primarily with the analysis of the drinking-water and sanitation situation in the member countries of the Thematic Working Group on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (TWG WSH), based…

Traditional medicine, including the knowledge, skills and practices of holistic health care, exists in all cultures. It is based on indigenous theories, beliefs and experiences, and is widely accepted for…

Explains how curricula in schools of nursing can be modified to produce graduates who are competent in the performance of a wide range of tasks related to HIV infection and…

Interactions of the private and public sector within national health systems are manifold and not always well understood, and the decision to purchase services is often made in poorly regulated…