The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as...
REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the forty-fifth week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 16 disaster events that affected Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In addition to these, the Department of...
REGIONAL SUMMARY: In the forty-fourth week of 2023, the ASEAN region experienced 27 disaster events that affected Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. In addition to these, Department...
Overview: In East Africa, seasonal deficits are impacting main season crops in South Sudan and northern Uganda as well as Meher season crops in Ethiopia. Above-average rains are forecast across...
Health ministers and senior officials from countries and areas across the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region today endorsed a regional action framework to strengthen health...
In total, 155 countries have participated in the Global Survey of School Meal Programs Country Reports are based on data from the respective year of the Global Survey of School Meal Programs ©. The...
Overview Covering the period from July 2022 to June 2023, this Report highlights how WHO in the Western Pacific Region has worked to turn the hard lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic into a mandate to...
SYNOPSIS In the face of the intensifying climate crisis, a more proactive approach to disaster management is needed for Southeast Asia to enhance its resilience to disasters. S. NANTHINI writes that...
This is a study on the provision of public childcare across 48 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The report calls for greater investments in quality, accessible, affordable childcare that provides...
Chapter 1 REGIONAL OVERVIEW The total number of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced people, stateless people, returnees and other persons of concern to UNHCR in the Asia and the Pacific...