Publications

The report is the third round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey (IBBS) among the wives of migrant labourers in Province 7 (Far-Western) of Nepal. The survey is based on the data of 400 wives of those migrant labourers in the four districts (Achham, Doti, Kanchanpur, and Kailali) who temporarily migrate or used to migrate to India to work as labourers. The survey was conducted only among women aged 16 years and above who are current wives or widows of male, who had migrated to India for work for at least three months in the last three years and had returned home at least once within the last three years. 

The number of new HIV infections in Thailand has been in decline for more than 10 years, but HIV prevalence continues to be high among members of key populations (KPs) that account for more than 50% of all new infections in this concentrated epidemic. The Key Population-Led Health Services (KPLHS) Model was developed by the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre (TRCARC) and is currently being implemented by communitybased partners through funding provided by USAID/PEPFAR through the LINKAGES Project managed by FHI 360. KPLHS was started in four provinces (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Songkhla) in Thailand, is now placed in the national HIV/AIDS strategy for scale-up, and receiving financing from the Thai National Health Security Organization (NHSO). The model defines a set of HIV-related health services, which focuses on improving HIV service uptake among KPs including men who have sex with men (MSM), male sex workers (MSW), transgender women (TGW), and transgender women sex workers (TGSW) and delivers differentiated HIV services, tailored to the needs of the specific subpopulation.

This document is collaboratively developed by MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights (formerly known as MSMGF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), together with UNDP and UNFPA. It is an updated, abbreviated adaptation of WHO's 2015 technical brief: "HIV and young men who have sex with men"

WHO has developed evidence-based maternal health recommendations for reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. This review compares national guidelines and protocols, implementation and health system standards to WHO recommendations for eight countries that account for 96% of maternal deaths in the Western Pacific Region.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will not be achieved without the active and meaningful involvement of the private sector. Can the private sector be held accountable for protecting women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health? And if so, who is responsible for holding them to account, and what are the mechanisms for doing so?

The 2018 monitoring report for the EWEC Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) is based on data from 2017 and early 2018 for the 60 indicators in the EWEC Global Strategy monitoring framework. Dashboards in Annex 2 signal where progress is being made or lagging.  

As the violence directed at members of key populations most affected by HIV — gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; people who inject drugs; sex workers; and transgender people — intensifies and becomes “acute” in many parts of the globe, this brief offers guidance to international and regional actors who wish to be part of an effective and coordinated response. International and regional actors who may benefit from this guidance include, but are not limited to, key population networks, governmental bodies, donors, embassies, security experts, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), media, research institutions, United Nations (UN) agencies or offices, and human rights organizations operating globally or regionally.

Deaths among children aged one month to 5 years old have fallen dramatically in recent decades. But progress in reducing the deaths of newborn babies – those aged less than one month – has been less impressive, with 7,000 newborns still dying every day. This is partly because newborn deaths are difficult to address with a single drug or intervention – they require a system-wide approach. It is also due to a lack of momentum and global commitment to newborn survival. We are failing the youngest, most vulnerable people on the planet – and with so many millions of lives at stake, time is of the essence.

The 2017 annual report of the flagship programme initiative, Making Every Woman and Girl Count (MEWGC), provides an overview of the key achievements during the reporting period, including a review of activities and progress in implementing the MEWGC programme at the global, regional, and national levels. It also contains an update on resource mobilization and advocacy, a review of challenges and lessons learned, and a brief overview of global-, regional-, and pathfinder country–level plans for the forthcoming year.

The fight against TB is integrally linked with the region's broader aspirations for health and development. TB sits at the intersection of health and development – the poor are exceptionally afflicted by TB, and up to four times more than those in the highest income bracket. TB perpetuates poverty by debilitating those with disease, often in the most productive years of age. It is estimated that TB patients in low and middle income countries face expenditures equivalent to more than 50% of their annual income in fighting this disease. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations, all countries are now committed to "end TB" which essentially means at least a 90% reduction in TB mortality and 80% reduction in TB incidence by 2030. This needs a paradigm shift in strategies that we use to address TB. While the global goal of Ending TB has received political support, the reality is that the current pace of progress in the Region is too slow – and by several orders of magnitude in most countries – to reach the End TB targets.