The Region has a relatively low HIV prevalence, and the epidemic has shown signs of stabilizing. Condom use and coverage of preventive interventions...
Halving hunger is complex because it is integrally linked with achieving nearly all the MDGs. Malnutrition is a function of many factors, including...
The Region has already reached the targets for use of improved drinking water sources and sanitation facilities.
Increased efforts are needed for better maternal health care and to address perinatal health problems, especially for poor and vulnerable populations....
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it...
In the Western Pacific Region, 54% of under-five child deaths occurred during the neonatal period. The leading causes of under-five mortality in the...
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The Federated States of Micronesia contains 607 volcanic islands and atolls scattered over 1 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean. The land area...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands comprises 14 islands with a total land area of 457 square kilometres spread out over 683 760 square...
The population of Cook Islands decreased between 1996 and 2001 due to outmigration, but then began to increase again, with an estimated 23 300 people...
The Pitcairn Islands comprise a group of four islands, officially named Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno. The group is situated in the South...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most diverse countries in the world - geographically, biologically, linguistically, and culturally. Its abundant...
The population of Brunei Darussalam is estimated to have been 406 200 in 2009, and is increasing at a rate of 2.0% per annum. With an area of 5765...
The Republic of Kiribati, located in the Pacific, consists of 32 low-lying atolls and one volcanic island in three main groups, the Gilbert, Phoenix...
Singapore is a small country with a total land area of 712 square kilometres. The total population is about 5.1 million, with a resident population of...
Mongolia is the fifth largest country in Asia, covering a total area of 1.6 million square kilometres. In 2010, the population reached 2.78 million,...
Tonga’s estimated population for 2010 was 103 365, giving a population density of 159 persons per square kilometre. The population, about 23.4% of...
With an annual growth rate of 1.9%, the end-year estimated population of Macao (China) was 552 300 in 2010, with 52.0% female and 48.0% male. Those...
The estimated population of Viet Nam was 86 025 000 in 2009, 49.4% of them male. The population density is 263 persons per square kilometre, with most...
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic was projected to have a population of 6.1 million in 2009, based on the 1995-2005 population growth rate of 2.1%...
The Wallis and Futuna Islands are located in the Oceania Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand....
Samoa is a Pacific island state comprising two main islands, Savaii and Upolu, plus several smaller islands. It lies about half way between Hawaii and...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands covers an area of 181 square kilometres and comprises 29 atolls and five major islands that form two parallel...
The population of Guam was estimated at 180 692 in 2010, with 103 males for every 100 females. Population density is 335 per square kilometre. Total...
As of 1 October 2010, the total population of Japan was estimated to be 128 056 000, comprising 62 360 000 males and 65 697 000 females. With regard...
Solomon Islands is a double-chain archipelago of more than 900 coral atolls located in the south-west Pacific Ocean about 1800 kilometres north-east...
Malaysia is an upper-middle income country with a stable political system and democratically elected government. The Outline Perspective Plan and the...
New Zealand had a population of 4 143 279 at the time of the 2006 census, with 1 965 621 male and 2 062 328 female residents, or around 104 women for...
In 2010, American Samoa had an estimated population of 65 896. Based on 2010 population estimates, around 35% of the population is below 15 years of...
The General Population Census of 2008 put Cambodia’s population at 13.4 million by March 2008. The population density is 75 per square kilometre. The...
The Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings in 2006 yielded a resident population of 1466.1 The population was relatively young, with 35% below 15...
In 2010, Australia had a population of 22 342 398: 11 124 254 males and 11 218 144 females. Most of the population is concentrated along the eastern...
Fiji has the largest population of all the South Pacific island countries, with an estimated 2010 population of 854 000: 433 000 males and 421 000...
The population of Niue decreased from a peak of 5194 in 1966, to 2322 in 1991, 1788 in 2001 and an estimated 1496 residents in June 2010. There is...
The population of the Republic of Korea, as of 2010, was 48 874 530, with a population density of 489 persons per square kilometre. The Republic saw...
The population of Nauru was estimated to be 9976 in 2010, with about 35.6% below 15 years of age and around 1.3% 65 years and above.
As a result of...
The 2009 National Census of Population and Housing reported the population of Vanuatu to be 234 023, with a growth rate of 2.3% per annum. Life...
Since economic reforms were launched in the late 1970s, China’s rapid economic growth has helped lift several hundred million people out of poverty,...
The estimated multi-ethnic population of Palau was 20 550 in 2009, with an estimated annual population growth rate of 0.99%. The population consists...
Hong Kong (China) had an estimated mid-year population of 7 067 800 in 2010, representing an increase of 0.9% over mid-2009. There were 881 males for...
New Caledonia is an archipelago consisting of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands (the Belep archipelago, the Loyalty...
Located about 6000 kilometres east of Australia, French Polynesia is a group of five archipelagos covering an area of 4167 million square kilometres,...
Tuvalu comprises nine coral islands and is, by population, the smallest member of the United Nations. The population has, however, more than doubled...
The population of the Philippines, as of the last census in 2007, numbered 88 574 614, with a population density of 295 per square kilometre. This...
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Regional meeting reports
Regional workshop on strengthening Leadership and Advocacy for the...
Reducing child mortality to achieve MDG 4: 6.9 million children under five years of age died in 2011...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
Since the Millennium Declaration was signed in 2000, resources remain insufficient in most...
Highlight on access to safe drinking water: The MDG drinking water target, which calls for halving...
The Measles-Rubella Bulletin, issued by Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO shares information...
The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182...
The Western Pacific Region has seen considerable improvements in women's health, including longer...
The Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS), formerly known as the Micronutrient...
Malnutrition in all its forms is closely linked, either directly or indirectly, to major causes of...
This report deals with women’s health in the Western Pacific Region. It shows that women and...
The results presented in this document reflect the road safety situation in 2010 for 25 countries in...
The WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) is an online library of...
The United Nations defines violence against women as ‘any act of gender-based violence that...
This 2016 report provides the final results in achieving the health-related Millennium Development...
The health service delivery profiles provide information on each country regarding aspects of their...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
This document demonstrates the important roles sex and gender play in understanding and controlling...
World Health Statistics 2013 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its...
Global nutrition challenges are multifaceted.
1. Adequate provision of nutrients,...
Poliomyelitis surveillance is worldwide based on reporting and investigating cases of acute flaccid...
This report is the third in a series of WHO reports on the status of global tobacco control policy...
This 2014 progress report provides a scorecard for the Western Pacific Region countries and areas...
Executive summary
Background
Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory of New Zealand and is...
Although poverty and gender significantly influence health and socioeconomic development, health...
These fact sheets provide a comprehensive overview of immunization-related statistics for each...
This 2010 progress report provides a scorecard for the Western Pacific Region countries and areas...
1. Introduction
1.1 Geographic and demographic characteristics
The Philippines is an...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
The Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA) is providing valuable...
Availability of essential medicines. The availability of essential medicines at public health...
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) blight the lives of a billion people worldwide and threaten the...
Executive summary
Background
Vanuatu’s population of 245 619 (2011) (World Bank, 2012)...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
The Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles (CHIPS) is an annual publication comprising...
In 2012, there were 99 countries and territories with ongoing malaria transmission and 5 countries...
A comprehensive ban of all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship is required under the WHO...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
This 2012 progress report provides a scorecard for the Western Pacific Region countries and areas...
1. Introduction
1.1 Demographic, social and political background
The estimated population...
Adolescent and young people constitue close to 23.6% of the total population in the Western Pacific...
Country assessments and roadmaps for accountability for health. Assessments drafted during...
The Regional and Country Profiles of Measles Elimination provide a comprehensive overview of...
Remarkable progress has been made in controlling hepatitis B infection in the Western Pacific...
Globally, breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000 deaths among children under five...
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners everywhere mark World No Tobacco Day. This year the theme...
Age-standardized death rates: Measuring how many people die each year and why they have died is one...
Countries and areas of the WHO Western Pacific Region have made significant efforts to improve...
Regional Framework for Reproductive Health in the Western Pacific aims to provide guidance for...
Maternal mortality: Every day in 2010, about 800 women died due to complications of pregnancy and...
The 2015 target for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is rapidly approaching....
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