scholarly journals Together to make a difference in mental health in the Western Pacific Region

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-10
Author(s):  
Xiangdong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Pacific Region ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Causes Of Disease ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Western Pacific

Mental disorders are among the leading causes of disease burden in the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Networking and partnership have been identified as the major components of key strategies to address challenges in meeting mental health needs in the region. This article provides a brief review of relevant initiatives collaboratively developed by the WHO, member states in the region and other partners.

Campaign Against Tobacco in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

2013 ◽  
pp. 247-259
Author(s):  
James Rarick ◽  
Jonathan Klein ◽  
Susan Mercado ◽  
Cherry Chun-Yiu Li ◽  
Emmalita M. Manalac
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Pacific Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Regional event-based surveillance in WHO’s Western Pacific Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Christopher Lowbridge ◽  
May Chiew ◽  
Katherine Russel ◽  
Takuya Yamagishi ◽  
Babatunde Olowokure ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Pacific Region ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Health Events ◽  
Event Based ◽  
The Western Pacific

In the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Region, event-based surveillance has been conducted for more than a decade to rapidly detect and assess public health events. This report describes the establishment and evolution of the Western Pacific Region’s event-based surveillance system and presents an analysis of public health events in the Region. Between July 2008 and June 2017, a total of 2396 events were reported in the Western Pacific Region, an average of 266 events per year. Infectious diseases in humans and animals accounted for the largest proportion of events recorded during this period (73%, 1743 events). Maintaining and strengthening this well-established system is critical to support the rapid detection, assessment and response to public health events to sustain regional health security.

Analysis of Water Safety Plan costs from case studies in the Western Pacific Region

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1358-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zai Kang Chang ◽  
Mien Ling Chong ◽  
Jamie Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Drinking Water Supply ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Western Pacific Region ◽  
Operational Monitoring ◽  
The Western Pacific

Unsafe water remains a significant public health threat in high and low income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes Water Safety Plans (WSPs) as the most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety of a drinking-water supply. Although health benefits of WSP implementation have been shown, there is a lack of information relating water supplier characteristics to expected costs. Costing practices were adapted from food quality management studies and applied to six water suppliers from the Western Pacific Region, as designated by WHO. The explanation building procedure was used to develop understanding of relationships between drinking-water supply agency (DWSA) characteristics and WSP implementation costs. The results indicate that costs associated with WSP implementation are expected to be low for developed DWSAs; however, for developing DWSAs, there is high variability in costs which indicates further research may not improve generalized WSP cost estimations. Furthermore, developing DWSAs experience large and highly variable capital and operational monitoring costs. The capital and operational monitoring improvements are necessary to achieving a safe water supply and may require ongoing financial and technical resources to execute.

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