HEALTH: The State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008

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This year, UNICEF is publishing the first annual edition for the Asia-Pacific region, which encompasses half of the world’s population, under the title of The State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008. This volume and other regional editions complement The State of the World’s Children 2008, sharpening from a worldwide to a regional perspective the global report’s focus on trends in child survival and health and outlining possible solutions – by means of programmes, policies and partnerships – to accelerate progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

A particular focus is reducing inequity in access to primary health care both between countries and within countries in the region. Challenges in child survival for China and India, which dominate the region’s population, also receive considerable attention.

Contents
1 Child survival in Asia-Pacific: Where we stand
2 South Asia: Improving, but faster progress is required
3 Eastern Asia: On track, but requiring momentum
4 South-Eastern Asia: On track, but a few countries are lagging
5 The Pacific: Falling behind
6 Uniting for child survival in Asia-Pacific

Further information

 

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/soap08.pdf

Organisation: 
UNICEF
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/soap08.pdf

Countries

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