Common issues related to children’s environmental health in the Asia-Pacific region

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Brittany A. Trottier ◽  
Daam Settachan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Research Collaborations ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Children’S Environmental Health ◽  
Research Findings

AbstractThis summary reports on the outcomes and common issues faced among the countries represented at the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on Children’s Environmental Health, a meeting that was held at the Chulabhorn Research Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, and which focused on cross-cutting issues and commonalities among countries/regions, discussion of lessons learnt, exploring opportunities for policy-relevant research collaborations, and reviewing available educational tools to help translate research findings into tangible outputs. The common children’s environmental health issues faced by countries in the Asia-Pacific region include indoor and outdoor air pollution; unregulated and inadequate waste management; chemical and infectious agents in water used for drinking and cooking; hazardous pesticide use; and climate change and extreme weather events. The meeting participants agreed there is a need for multisectoral involvement in each country to develop frameworks and guidelines, raising public awareness of risk, and managing exposures in order to tackle these common issues. Networking will allow countries to learn from each other and enhance their efforts to protect not only the health of children, but also that of the rest of the population at risk.

scholarly journals An Assessment of the Relationships between Extreme Weather Events, Vulnerability, and the Impacts on Human Wellbeing in Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo J. Nagy ◽  
Walter Leal Filho ◽  
Ulisses M. Azeiteiro ◽  
Johanna Heimfarth ◽  
José E. Verocai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Weather Events

Climate change and variability are known to have an influence on human wellbeing in a variety of ways. In Latin America, such forces are especially conspicuous, particularly in respect of extreme climatological, hydrological, and weather events (EWEs) and climate-sensitive disasters (CSDs). Consistent with the need to study further such connections, this paper presents an analysis of some of the vulnerabilities of environmental health issues and climate-related impacts that are focusing on EWEs and CSDs in Latin American countries. The research includes an analysis of the (i) human and socio-economic development; (ii) geographical and socio-economic determinants of vulnerability and adaptability of environmental health issues (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity); (iii) occurrence of CSDs from 1988 to 2017 and their direct impacts on human wellbeing (Total death and Affected people); (iv) an online survey on the perceptions of the effects of EWEs on human wellbeing in a sample of countries in the region; and (v) discussion of possible solutions. The socio-economic and development indices, and the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) and Climate-Risk Index (CRI) disaster statistics suggest that the impacts of CSDs are primarily related to socio-economic determinants of human wellbeing and health inequalities. Also, >80% respondents to the survey say that the leading causes of climate-related human impacts are the lack of (i) public awareness; (ii) investment and (iii) preparedness. The paper concludes by adding some suggestions that show how countries in Latin America may better cope with the impacts of Climate-sensitive Disasters.

Supply chain performance measurement through collaborative effectiveness: an Asia–Pacific perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumaraguru Mahadevan ◽  
Arun Elias ◽  
Premaratne Samaranayake
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe main purpose of this research is to investigate the supply chain performance through collaborative effectiveness, from the organisations of Asia–Pacific region perspective, compared with that of global organisations based on collaborative supply chain practices.Design/methodology/approachThe survey research methodology was adopted, involving the collection of survey data from 223 participants across 10 different industries and 6 geographic regions. Data included 103 organisations in the Asia–Pacific region including Australia, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.FindingsFrom a collaborative effectiveness perspective, the supply chain performance of Asia–Pacific organisations is different when compared with that of global organisations. It was also found that global organisations are driven by sales performance, while Asia–Pacific organisations are focussing mainly on the cost in terms of the number of employees, and therefore productivity. The metal industry stands out to be the best performing industry from a collaborative effectiveness perspective in the Asia–Pacific region and globally.Practical implicationsThe research findings can be used as a guide by industry practitioners to develop benchmarks for collaborative supply chain practices by industry and region of operations. This research has been limited to a few industries such as manufacturing, logistics, service and retail industries.Originality/valueThis research generates new knowledge on the relationship between the collaborative effectiveness and supply chain performance, from the perspectives of both Asia–Pacific and global organisations, based on a collaborative effectiveness framework. The study proposes an innovative approach of assessing supply chain performance through collaborative effectiveness from the perspectives of geographical boundaries and industry types.

Review of Counseling in the Asia-Pacific Region.

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-384
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region
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